A Useful Way of Comparing the Distribution of a Numerical

question 48

Multiple Choice

A useful way of comparing the distribution of a numerical variable across categories of some categorical variable is with

• A)a side-by-side box plot.
• B)a side-by-side pivot table.
• C)a side-by-side plot or side-by-side pivot table.
• D)neither a side-by-side box plot nor side-by-side pivot table.

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Definitions:

Acupuncture Treatments

Involves the insertion of thin needles through the skin at strategic points on the body, used primarily for pain relief and therapeutic purposes in traditional Chinese medicine.

Double Blind

A study or experiment design in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know which participants are receiving the test treatment versus the control, to prevent bias.

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