Question: Hospital stays. The U.S. National Center for Health Statistics compiles data on the length of stay by patients in short-term hospitals and publishes its findings in Vital and Health Statistics. Data from a sample of 39 male patients and 35 female patients on length of stay (in days) are displayed in the histograms below.
a) What would you suggest be changed about these histograms to make them easier to compare?
b) Describe these distributions by writing a few sentences comparing the duration of hospitalization for men and women.
c) Can you suggest a reason for the peak in women's length of stay?