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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data
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There are 2 parts to this problem.
Suppose the distribution for monthly rental prices for a one-bedroom apartment in a large
city is skewed to the right.
1. The two measures of center for the distribution of monthly rental prices were $880 and
$920. Which of these two values is the mean monthly rental price?
$920
2. It was discovered that the largest monthly rental price was incorrectly reported as
$1250--it really was $1520. The numerical summaries were recalculated including the
correct data point. Which
the following would be true?
v [ Select ]
The median would not change.
The median would increase.
The median would decrease.
Transcribed Image Text:There are 2 parts to this problem. Suppose the distribution for monthly rental prices for a one-bedroom apartment in a large city is skewed to the right. 1. The two measures of center for the distribution of monthly rental prices were $880 and $920. Which of these two values is the mean monthly rental price? $920 2. It was discovered that the largest monthly rental price was incorrectly reported as $1250--it really was $1520. The numerical summaries were recalculated including the correct data point. Which the following would be true? v [ Select ] The median would not change. The median would increase. The median would decrease.
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Given data is appropriate for measures of central tendency. Measures of central tendency  help you find the middle, or the average, of a data set. The 3 most common Measures of central tendency  are the mean, median and mode. The mode is the most frequent value. The median is the middle number in an ordered data set.

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