16. The distribution of salaries of professional basketball players is skewed to

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16. The distribution of salaries of professional basketball players is skewed to the right. Which measure of central tendency would be the best measure to determine the location of the center of the distribution? B) mode C) mean O) frequency A.median Frequency distributions that are skewed to the right, what is the relationship of the mean and median? 17) 17 A) mean > mediar C) median mean B) median > mean D) mean median In distributions that are skewed to the left, what is the relationship of the mean, median, and mode? 18) B) median mean D) mean median mean > median A) C) median mean Which measure of central tendency is more representative of the typical observation if the- graph of the data is skewed to the right? 19) 19. A) Median B) Mean C) ModeD) Midrange. 2 Which measure of central tendency is more representative of the typical observation A) Mediarn a five counties in MA, 2013. 20. if the graph of the data is skewed to the left? B) Mean C) Mode D) Midrange 21.Compute the range for the set of data set of number drug overdoses recorded in 21) 54 13, 14, 15, 16,17 B) 17 C) 0.8 D) Empirical Rule-problems (for prediction/inference) 22. A small computing center has found that the number of jobs submitted pe computers has a distribution that is approximatelu holl i a standard deviati r day t

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16

Median

The median is usually preferred to other measures of central tendency when your data set is skewed (i.e., forms a skewed distribution).

17

mean > median

18

median > mean

19

A Median

In general the median is usually preferred to other measures of central tendency when your data set is skewed.

20 '

A Median

In general the median is usually preferred to other measures of central tendency when your data set is skewed.

21

Range = upper limit - lower limit

= 17 - 13 = 4

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