Author Question: Of the following, the measures which comes closest to ratio scaling are a. the numbers of people ... (Read 28 times)

azncindy619 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Of the following, the measures which comes closest to ratio scaling are

a. the numbers of people using fluoride versus non-fluoride toothpaste
b. the final standings of the American League East's baseball teams
c. the area codes used for direct telephone dialing
d. the salaries of a group of factory workers

Question 2

When a distribution of interval or ratio values is skewed, the _____ is used because _____.

a. mode; it describes the highest frequency.
b. median; extreme values distort the mean.
c. mean; it provides the mathematical center of the distribution.
d. mean; interval and ratio values allow calculations.