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FIETIEIEE.

*toO r* l*guq!_t gging partners of India

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The folltiwing table, gvqs the number of mistakes made by 16 data entry clerks who enter medical ';'-- data from case report forms, ttre coti@ Pgrred indicates the number of values entered, and the column

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Also locate the position of the median.

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Asurvey U,.E g)mpanies conductedby - of 1000 large ,t . a Reseaich Organisation asked their plans for outsourcing high-level white-collar jobs to countries outside ttre U@ws the percentage that indicated,a certain action. The data for 2003 are real, the data for 2008 aie speculative.

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