Elementary Statistics
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780321836960
Author: Mario F. Triola
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1.3, Problem 29BSC
In Exercises 29-32, identify the level of measurement of the data, Also, explain what is wrong with the given calculation.
29. Political Parties In a preelection survey of likely voters, political parties of respondents are identified as 1 for a Democrat, 2 for a Republican, 3 for an Independent, and 4 for anything else. The average (
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