The Following Time-Series Plot Presents the Population Growth (In Percent) $2007 .$

question 41

Multiple Choice

The following time-series plot presents the population growth (in percent) of a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia for each of the years 1990 through 2009 . Estimate the rate of growth in $2007 .$

• A) 6.6%
• B) 6.0%
• C) 4.9%
• D) 7.0%

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Definitions:

Mean Absolute Deviation

The average of the absolute differences between each value in a set of values and the mean of the set, used to quantify variability.

Sum of Squares

A statistical technique used to describe the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data points.

Mean Absolute Deviation

The mean absolute deviation is a measure of dispersion in a dataset, calculated as the average of the absolute differences between each data point and the dataset's mean.

Sum of Squares

A measure used in statistics to describe the variability of data points around the mean or another value.