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RODY.ELKHALIL

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Data on the month in which a sample of people were born would best be summarized by the
 
  a. median, because month of the year is an ordinal variable.
   b. median, because the data would probably be normally distributed across
   months.
   c. mean, because the data would likely be skewed.
  d. mean, because all months could be added together and divided by the number of people in the sample.

Question 2

By definition, one can never obtain a statistic unless
 
  a. the entire population has been measured
  b. a random sample has been measured
  c. a quota sample has been measured
  d. none of these, since a statistic refers to a measure of any type of sample



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carojassy25

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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RODY.ELKHALIL

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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