If Researchers at Merck Pharmaceuticals Develop a Cure for Prostate

question 171

Multiple Choice

If researchers at Merck Pharmaceuticals develop a cure for prostate cancer, the best way to announce this to the public and get wide media coverage would be through a

• A) captioned paragraph.
• B) press release.
• C) feature article.
• D) sponsorship.
• E) press conference.

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Sample Variance

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a sample set of data points around their sample mean.

Sample Standard Deviation

Sample Standard Deviation is a measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of sample data values around the sample mean.

Ages

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Standard Deviation

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