Listed Below Is the Box Plot of Average Earnings Ratio

question 65

Multiple Choice

Listed below is the box plot of average earnings ratio for full-year, full-time male workers from 1999
To 2008:
From this we can interpret that the first quartile of average earnings for men for the years 1999-
2008 was approximately:

• A) $44,000
• B) $44,400
• C) $44,800
• D) $45,600
• E) $46,900

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