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berenicecastro

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The head circumference (in centimeters) of 15 college-age males was obtained, resulting in the following measurements: 55, 56, 56, 56.5, 57, 57, 57, 57.5, 58, 58, 58, 58.5, 59, 59, 63 . If the last measurement (63 cm's) were incorrectly recorded as 73, which one of the following statistics would change?
 a. Q1 (1st quartile)
  b. Standard deviation
  c. Median
  d. Q3 (3rd quartile)

Question 2

Which one of the following summary statistics is not a measure of the variation (spread) in a data set?
 a. Median
  b. Standard deviation
  c. Range
  d. Interquartile range


strudel15

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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A


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