A Researcher Desires a Graphical Representation of Central Tendencies,percentiles,variabilities,and the Shapes

question 74

Multiple Choice

A researcher desires a graphical representation of central tendencies,percentiles,variabilities,and the shapes of frequency distributions of the data.Which of the following will do this for the researcher?

• A)interquartile map
• B)perceptual map
• C)histogram
• D)box and whisker plot

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Definitions:

Skewness

Skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean, indicating whether the data distribution leans to the left or the right.

Data Skewed

Describes data that is not symmetrically distributed, typically shifted towards either the left or right, affecting the dataset's mean, median, and mode.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean.