Hurricane Names Are Retired from the World Meteorological Organization List

question 23

Multiple Choice

Hurricane names are retired from the World Meteorological Organization list ________________________.

• A) in the case of extreme events causing a large number of fatalities and extensive damage
• B) when a named storm failed to reach hurricane status
• C) when they have been used more than 3 times
• D) when two events with the same name occurred in different parts of the world

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Definitions:

Negatively Skewed

A negatively skewed distribution is one where the tail on the left side of the probability density function is longer or fatter than the right side, indicating that the bulk of the values are skewed to the right.

Variability

The degree to which scores in a set of data spread out or differ from each other.

Range

The range is calculated by subtracting the smallest value from the largest value in a set of data.

Interquartile Range

A measure of variability, calculated by subtracting the first quartile from the third quartile of a data set.