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Professor Neuberg Found That the Mean Number of Alcoholic Drinks

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Professor Neuberg found that the mean number of alcoholic drinks consumed at a party was much higher for males than for females. If the median and mode number of drinks consumed by males and females was both zero, how can the difference in means be explained?

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