Boxplots of Earnings Per Share (EPS) Data for a Sample

question 58

Multiple Choice

Boxplots of earnings per share (EPS) data for a sample of retail company stocks and a sample of energy company stocks are shown below.Which of the following statements is correct?

• A)The median EPS is higher for energy stocks compared to retail stocks.
• B)The median EPS is higher for retail stocks compared to energy stocks.
• C)The IQR for the EPS data is larger for retail stocks than for energy stocks.
• D)The EPS data are more variable for retail stocks than for energy stocks.
• E)The mean is higher for energy stocks compared to retail stocks.

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Definitions:

Sample Correlation Coefficient

A measure that indicates the degree to which two variables are linearly related in a sample dataset.

Level Of Significance

The likelihood of incorrectly dismissing the null hypothesis in a statistical analysis, commonly symbolized by alpha (α), when it is in fact correct.

Null Hypothesis

A statement or assumption in a hypothesis test that there is no significant effect or difference, to be tested against the alternative hypothesis.

Scatterplot

A graph in which the values of two variables are plotted along two axes, the pattern of the resulting points revealing any correlation present.