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a) From the Statistics Canada dataset you have chosen, calculate the measures of central tendencies (mean , median and mode ) and explain the meaning of each in a paragraph.
b) Calculates measures of dispersion (standard deviation, variance, EI - Q3-Q1 Interquartile Range , Z scores, percentiles).
c) From all the calculated spread metrics, explain which one would be an appropriate
"statistical summary" for this dataset by demonstrating it through your calculations.
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