Explain how it can be misleading to report only the mean of a ...

[jace]

Explain how it can be misleading to report only the mean of a distribution without any measure of the variability.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Given that x is a hypergeometric random variable, compute p(x) for N = 8, n = 5, r = 3, and x = 2.
 
  A) .140 B) .343 C) .536 D) .464

[dmurph1496]

Answer to Question 1

When comparing means from two different distributions, the difference between them may be insignificant if the variability in one or both of the distributions is large.

Answer to Question 2

C

[jace]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[bigsis44]

Gracias!