Below Are the Annual Salaries (In Thousands of Dollars) of Workers

question 51

Multiple Choice

Below are the annual salaries (in thousands of dollars) of workers in Wilson Widget factory: 20 , 20 , 23 , 23 , 23 , 25 , 25 , 25 , 25 , 28 , 28 , 28 , 29 , 29 , 29 , 32 , 32 , 33 , 36 , 40 , 40 , 65 Which measure of central tendency should you use to describe the average salary?

• A) standard deviation, since most of the salaries are close together
• B) mode, since there are many identical salaries
• C) range, since there are more than 15 salaries
• D) mean, since there are less than 50 salaries
• E) median, since there is an outlying salary

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