Draw and Interpret Boxplots

question 66

Multiple Choice

Draw and Interpret Boxplots
-SAS was used to compare the high school dropout rates for the 50 states in 1982 and 1984. The box plots generated for these dropout rates are shown below. Compare the center of the distributions and the variation of the distributions for the two years.

• A) Dropout rates had a higher average with less variability in 1982 than in 1984.
• B) Dropout rates had a higher average with more variability in 1982 than in 1984.
• C) Dropout rates had a lower average with more variability in 1982 than in 1984.
• D) Dropout rates had a lower average with less variability in 1982 than in 1984.

---

Definitions:

Anxiety

This is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Risk-as-feelings Hypothesis

A theory suggesting that people's decision-making is influenced by their emotional responses to the possibility of negative outcomes.

Gut Reactions

Instantaneous responses we have to a situation or stimulus, not based on rational analysis but on our innate, visceral feelings.

Broaden-and-build Theory

A psychological model suggesting that positive emotions expand one's awareness and inspire novel, varied, and exploratory thoughts and actions.