A Member of the State Legislature Has Expressed Concern About

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Essay

A member of the state legislature has expressed concern about the differences in the mathematics test scores of high school freshmen across the state.She asks her research assistant to conduct a study to investigate what factors could account for the differences.The research assistant looks at a random sample of school districts across the state and uses the factors of percentage of mathematics teachers in each district with a degree in mathematics,the average age of mathematics teachers,and the average salary of mathematics teachers.

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