Suppose That You Want to Buy a Pair of Size

question 6

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you want to buy a pair of size 9 shoes, and you are told that the average size of the shoes in Bob's Shoe Store are size 9. Under what circumstances is this information useful to you?

• A) The shoes reflect the latest fashions.
• B) The standard deviation is relatively large.
• C) The average is a mean.
• D) The average is a modal average.
• E) The average is a median.

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