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nramada

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A severe drought affected several western states for 3 years. A Christmas tree farmer is worried about the droughts effect on the size of his trees.
 
  To decide whether the growth of the trees has been retarded, the farmer decides to take a sample of the heights of 25 trees and obtains the following results (recorded in inches): 60 57 62 69 46 54 64 60 59 58 75 51 49 67 65 44 58 55 48 62 63 73 52 55 50 Which measure of central tendency would be considered the best measure to use in this problem? A) mean B) median C) mode D) range

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28.2 of the mayors of cities in a certain state are from minority groups.
 
  A) parameter B) statistic


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
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