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jon_i

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A graph can be distorted by not displaying the zero point or when a broken axis line - called __________ - is used.
 
  A) data-ink B) chart junk C) a scale break D) a lie factor

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The university police department must write, on average, five tickets per day to keep department revenues at budgeted levels. Suppose the number of tickets written per day follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 9.5 tickets per day.
 
  Interpret the value of the mean.
  A) Half of the days have less than 9.5 tickets written and half of the days have more than 9.5 tickets written.
  B) If we sampled all days, the arithmetic average number of tickets written would be 9.5 tickets per day.
  C) The number of tickets that is written most often is 9.5 tickets per day.
  D) The mean has no interpretation since 0.5 ticket can never be written.


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coreycathey

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Reply #1 on: Jul 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 25, 2018
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