EBK STATISTICAL REASONING FOR EVERYDAY
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Author: Triola
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Chapter 4.3, Problem 5E
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.
- 5. Baseball Salaries. For a recent year, baseball salaries had a
median of $1,650,000 and a first quartile (Q1) of $1,675,000.
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EBK STATISTICAL REASONING FOR EVERYDAY
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