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A group of 50 students, 25 men and 25 women, reported the number of hours per week they spent studying statistics. Use the table and histograms below to complete parts a. and b. Variable N Mean StDev Minimum Q1 Median Q3 Maximum Men 25 5.48 4.8141.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 18.00 Women 25 7.60 4.103 2.00 4.50 7.00 9.00 21.00 1-Click the icon to view the histograms for the two distributions. a. Refer to the histograms. Which measure of center should be compared: the means or the medians? Why? 0 A. The distributions should be compared using the means and standard deviations because these are both symmetric distributions with no outliers. O B. It is appropriate to use either the medians or the means as measures of center ° C. Both data sets are right-skewed and have outliers that represent large numbers of hours studying; so the medians and interquartile ranges should be compared ( D. Both data sets are right-skewed and have outliers that represent large numbers of hours studying: so the means and standard deviations should be compared.

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a) Option C is Correct. Both Histogram are right skewed, so median and IQR should be compared

b) Option C is correct, women has less variation

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