If a Scholar Is Discussing the Average for Congregational Size

question 17

Multiple Choice

If a scholar is discussing the average for congregational size in the United States and points out that only eleven percent of the religiously-affiliated people attend services in a house of worship with less than the average , you know that the scholar is

• A)taking a congregational approach to averages.
• B)taking an individual approach to averages
• C)is "statistically challenged"
• D)is using the modal size rather than the median size.
• E)is using the "hypercritical statistical reduction" approach to averages.

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