The Amount of Daily Discretionary Time That American Adolescents Have

question 42

Multiple Choice

The amount of daily discretionary time that American adolescents have is ________ what adolescents have in East Asia.

• A) significantly less than
• B) significantly more than
• C) equal to
• D) declining compared with

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Definitions:

Median

The middle value of a dataset, which divides the dataset into two halves when the numbers are arranged in ascending order.

1st Quartile

The 1st quartile, also known as the lower quartile, is a statistical measure that divides the lowest 25% of data in a dataset from the highest 75%.

3rd Quartile

The value below which 75% of the data in a dataset falls, marking the upper quartile in a distribution of values.

Negatively Skewed Distribution

A distribution where the tail on the left side of the probability density function is longer or fatter than the right side.