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HudsonKB16

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on: Jun 20, 2018
A boxplot is better than a statistic such as the mean when your purpose is
 
  a. to describe the central tendency of a population.
  b. to describe the variability of a population.
  c. to understand what a distribution of data looks like.
  d. It is only worthwhile if you care only about medians.

Question 2

A hinge is another word for
 
  a. the median.
  b. a quartile.
  c. the range.
  d. boundary.


Ksanderson1296

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B


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