Asked by Nakhel Ishtiaq on Jun 02, 2024
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Which of the following statistics is an average?
A) Half of my friends live within 20 miles and half live further away than that.
B) There are 25 houses on our block and 78 trees, so that's 3.12 trees per yard.
C) Sixty percent of Americans are political centrists.
D) Eighteen percent of students are getting a C in this class.
E) Of my wisest friends, only two support my decision to spend a year in Europe.
Average
The numerical value representing the central or typical value in a set of data, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.
Political Centrists
Individuals or groups who hold moderate political views, advocating neither extreme left nor extreme right ideologies.
- Gain insight into the terminologies and variances between distinct statistical calculations such as ratios, absolute frequencies, distributions, medians, averages, and totals.
- Gain insight into computing and interpreting medians and averages from the data given.
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MD
Miriam DuranJun 06, 2024
Final Answer :
B
Explanation :
B is the only option that provides a numerical value that can be calculated as an average.
Learning Objectives
- Gain insight into the terminologies and variances between distinct statistical calculations such as ratios, absolute frequencies, distributions, medians, averages, and totals.
- Gain insight into computing and interpreting medians and averages from the data given.