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Question 1
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Which of the following statements best describes the mean of a data set?

Select one:
a. The mean is a measure of spread.

b. The mean is a measure of central location, calculated by summing all observations in a  That is
data set divided by the number of observations in the data set. correct!

c. The mean is a measure of central location, defined as the middle value in a sorted set of data.

d. The mean is a measure of central location, defined as the observation in a data set with the highest
frequency.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: The mean is a measure of central location, calculated by summing all observations in a data set
divided by the number of observations in the data set.

Question 2
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Which of the following statements is true?

Select one:
a. When the distribution is symmetric and bimodal, mean = median = mode.

b. When the distribution is skewed to the left, mean > median > mode.

c. When the distribution is skewed to the right, mean < median < mode.

d. When the distribution is symmetric and unimodal, mean = median = mode.  That is
correct!

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: When the distribution is symmetric and unimodal, mean = median = mode.

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Question 3
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Which of the following statements describes when the median is a better measure of centre than the mean?

Select one:
a. When the distribution Is negatively skewed.

b. When the distribution is symmetric.

c. When the distribution is positively skewed.

d. When the distribution is positively skewed or negatively skewed.  That is

correct!

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: When the distribution is positively skewed or negatively skewed.

Question 4
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Which of the following is the proportion of the total area that must be to the left of the median, in a histogram?

Select one:
a. Between 0.25 and 0.60 if the distribution is symmetric and unimodal.

b. 0.50.  That is
correct!

c. More than 0.50 if the distribution is skewed to the right.

d. Less than 0.50 if the distribution is skewed to the left.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: 0.50.

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Question 5
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Which of the following statements is true?

Select one:
a. The population mean may equal, be less than or greater than the sample mean.  That is
correct!

b. The population mean is always greater than the sample mean.

c. The population mean must always equal the sample mean.

d. The population mean is always smaller than the sample mean.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: The population mean may equal, be less than or greater than the sample mean.

Question 6
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Which of the following best describes the scenario when two data sets have the same range?

Select one:
a. Both data sets will have the same interquartile range.
b. The smallest and largest observations are the same in both data sets.

c. The distances from the smallest to the largest observations in both data sets will be the  That is
same. correct!

d. Both data sets will have the same mean.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: The distances from the smallest to the largest observations in both data sets will be the same.

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Question 7
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Which of the following summary measures is affected by extreme values?

Select one:
a. The mode.

b. The median.

c. The range.  That is

correct!

d. The interquartile range.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: The range.

Question 8
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According to Chebyshev's theorem, which of the following is the percentage of measurements in a data set that fall
within three standard deviations of their mean?

Select one:
a. At least 89%.  That is
correct!

b. 75%.

c. At least 75%.

d. 89%.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: At least 89%.

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Question 9
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Which of the following would be the value of the correlation coefficient of two variables which are not linearly
related.

Select one:
a. 0  That is
correct!

b. 1

c. -1

d. 0.5

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: 0

Question 10
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Using percentiles, the difference between which of the following is the interquartile range?

Select one:
a. 25% and 75% values.  That is
correct!

b. 15% and 85% values.

c. 30% and 70% values.

d. 10% and 90% values.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: 25% and 75% values.

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