DATASET 1:
Merrill Lynch recently completed a study regarding the size of online investment portfolios 
(stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and certificates of deposit) for a sample of clients in the 40- and 
50-year-old age group.  Listed following is the value of all the investments in thousands of dollars 
for the 70 participants in the study.

669.9 
7.5 
77.2 
7.5 
125.7 
516.9 
219.9 
645.2 
301.9 
235.4 
716.4 
145.3 
26.6 
187.2 
315.5 
89.2 
136.4 
616.9 
440.6 
408.2 
34.4 
296.1 
185.4 
526.3 
380.7 
3.3 
363.2 
51.9 
52.2 
107.5 
82.9 
63.0 
228.6 
308.7 
126.7 
430.3  
82 
227 
321.1 
403.4 
39.5 
124.3 
118.1 
23.9 
352.8 
156.7 
276.3 
23.5 
31.3 
301.2 
35.7 
154.9 
174.3 
100.6 
236.7 
171.9 
221.1 
43.4 
212.3 
243.3 
315.4 
5.9 
1002.2 
171.7 
295.7 
437.0 
87.8 
302.1 
268.1 
899.5