$$\text { TABLE 3-1 }$$ Healthcare Issues Are Receiving Muchattentionin Bothacademic and Political Arenas

question 41

Multiple Choice

$$\text { TABLE 3-1 }$$ Healthcare issues are receiving muchattentionin bothacademic and political arenas. A sociologistrecently conducted a survey of citizens over 60 years of age whose net worthis too high to qualify for Medicaid and have no private health insurance. The ages of 25 uninsured senior citizens were as follows: $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l l l l } 60 & 61 & 62 & 63 & 64 & 65 & 66 & 68 & 68 & 69 & 70 & 73 & 73 \\74 & 75 & 76 & 76 & 81 & 81 & 82 & 86 & 87 & 89 & 90 & 92\end{array}$$
-Referring to Table 3-1, identify which of the following is the correct statement.

• A) The average age of senior citizens sampled is 73.5 years of age.
• B) One fourth of the senior citizens sampled are below 65.5 years of age.
• C) The middle 50% of the senior citizens sampled are between 65.5 and 73.0 years of age.
• D) All of the above are correct.

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