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kaid0807

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Suppose you look at two boxplots comparing the weights of male cats vs. female cats, and you find that the box for the males is much wider than the box for the females. What does this mean about the data sets?
 a. Male cats weigh more than female cats overall.
  b. Male cats have more variability in their weights than female cats.
  c. Weights of male cats are more skewed than for female cats.
  d. None of the above.

Question 2

If the width of a box in a boxplot is very large, compared to the rest of the boxplot, what does that mean about the shape of the data set?
 a. The data are very spread out in the middle.
  b. The data are clumped tightly in the middle.
  c. The data are not symmetric.
  d. Not enough information to tell.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A



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