What Is a Community of Interest

question 49

Multiple Choice

What is a community of interest?

• A) People interact with each other on specific topics, such as golfing and stamp collecting
• B) People come together to share certain life experiences, such as cancer patients, senior citizens, and car enthusiasts
• C) People participate in imaginary environments, such as fantasy football teams and playing one-on-one with Michael Jordan
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Nominal Data

A classification of categorical variables that do not have a natural order or rank.

Interval Data

A type of quantitative data that involves measurements where the difference between two values is meaningful, but there is no true zero point.

Bimodal Data

Data that has two different modes, or peaks, in its frequency distribution.

Empirical Rule

A statistical rule stating that for a normal distribution, nearly all of the data will fall within three standard deviations of the mean.