2. Explain the difference between mean and median in a skewed distribution.

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Q: exam is 53.48 and the mean for that same exam is 44.23.  What would be the shape of the distribution…

A: For any Normal distribution, the shape of the distribution can be said if the mean, median and mode…

Q: The boxplot below shows the age of students in two of my statistics classes by marital status…

A: Box plot is graphical representation of five number summary. That is minimum, first quartile,…

Q: The value of the median for the following data: 3, 3, 1, 8, 5, 2, 2, 2, 6, 12   4.0   3.0   3.5…

A: Given the data 3 3 1 8 5 2 2 2 6 12

Q: How tall is a woman in the 3rd percentile?

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Q: 12. Critical Thinking Consider the following types of data that were obtained from a random sample…

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Q: Which of the measures of central tendency is the largest in a positively skewed distribution? А.…

A: The shape of the distribution can be determined using values of mean and median. If the mean is…

Q: For quantitative data, the mean is the best measure of center when the distribution is skewed.…

A: The statement is provided that mean is the best measure of center when the distribution is skewed.…

Q: When an outlier is present, A. The mean is usually not affected. B. all of these C. The mean does…

A: An outlier is a data point which differs significantly from other data points. The mean is affected…

Q: c) Is it safe to use the median to compare two populations?

A: Median is best measure of central tendency when data is skewed. Reason (it depends only on one or…

Q: Imagine a dataset with a mean of 60 and a median of 40, what does this tell you about skewness?

A: Given : mean = 60  median = 40

Q: . Compare the mean of the population to the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean.…

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Q: FIND THE MEAN, MEDIAN, AND MODE FOR THE FOLLOWING DISTRIBUTIONS:  4,6,8,3,9,11,4,7,5.

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Q: Suppose that we know that 33.8% of the people born in the United States between 1936 and 1951 have…

A: The given situation follows binomial distribution. The proportion of people born in United States…

Q: Can the median split a distribution into a 85% : 15% frequency ratio of the observations?

A: Given: split the distribution into a 85% : 15% frequency ratio of the observations

Q: For a right-skewed distribution, which is greater: the mean or the median? Give a brief but specific…

A: If the distribution is right skewed then the values fall on left of the distribution. The tail on…

Q: (C) Is the mode a good measure of center for this data set? O Yes O No (d) Is the distribution…

A: c) No, here based one mean, median and mode values we could see the data was skewed, so the median…

Q: Calculate (by hand) the mean, median and mode for the following distribution: 6, 8, 39, 36, 2, 36,…

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Q: 1. Six major earthquakes had Richter magnitudes 7.0, 6.2, 7.7, 8.0, 6.4, 6.2. (a) What is the mean…

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Q: Calculate mean deviation from (i) mean, (ii) median and, (iii) mode from the following data relating…

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Q: a. Assuming that the variances in the population of times spent on the website per day are equal, is…

A: The test is to check whether there is a difference in the mean time spent on the website per day…

Q: For qualitative data, the mean is the best measure of center. False

A: Qualitative data contains categorical variables. It includes values that do not have numerical…

Q: - and 3 4.8 and 3.5 4 and 3.33 18 or

A: Given Data = ,1,7,3,3,6,4

Q: The distribution number of fingers is unimodal and left skewed. Which of the following is true? The…

A: Given that the distribution number of fingers is unimodal and left skewed.

Q: Based on the boxplot above, which one tends to be higher: median or the mean? Explain.

A: It is known that, for positively skewed distribution the mean of a set of observation is greater…

Q: a pollster finds that people are either strongly prochoice or are strongly opposed. Which of these…

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Q: 2. Calculate the mean and median from the following data: Marks No of Students 0-10 10-20 10 20-30…

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Q: The median of the data 24.2, 37.4, 44.6, 52.4, 64.8 is 24.2 52.4 44.6 64.8 37.4

A: If there is n value. n is odd. Then value of (n+1)/2 th term is the median.

Q: Which choice is true about the data represented in the stem and leaf plots below? a.The data in…

A: Here Given 2 stem and leaf plots of different class A and B.

Q: How is the goal of descriptive statistics served by putting scores in a frequency distribution?

A: It is an important part of statistics . It is widely used .

Q: 6) Given the data 0.90 1.42 1.30 1.50 1.61 1.31 1.35 1.47 1.95 1.66 1.96 1.47 1.92 1.35 1.05 1.85…

A: Given: The data of 25 observations is given.To find: a) Mean              b) Median              c)…

Q: If the mean is lower than the median. Describe the distribution.

A: Mean is the average of the set of observations and median is middle most value of the observations.

Q: (a) Which average represents the middle value of a data distribution? A. mode B. median     C. mean…

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Q: 35. Which is true about a set of data that is normally distributed? A. The mean is greater than the…

A: In this case, we need to identify the correct option for the given statement.

Q: Describe when you would use an analysis of variance versus an independent samples t-test.

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Q: Below are actual statistics from the 2020-2021 Miami Heat Basketball players. It demonstrates the…

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