Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134679259
Author: Bennett
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4.2, Problem 7E
Does It Make Sense? For Exercises 5–8, determine whether the statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain clearly; not all of these statements have definitive answers, so your explanation is more important than your chosen answer.
7. Income Variation. Our data show that incomes at age 35 for 1000 randomly selected adults have more variation than incomes at age 35 for 1000 randomly selected high school teachers.
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Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life (5th Edition)
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