Do Men and Women Run a 5-Kilometre Race at the Same

question 52

Multiple Choice

Do men and women run a 5-kilometre race at the same pace? Here are boxplots of the time (in minutes) for a race recently run in Victoria,B.C..Write a brief report discussing what these data show.

• A)Women appear to run about 3 minutes faster than men,but the two distributions are very similar in shape and spread.
• B)Men appear to run about 3 minutes faster than women,but the two distributions are very similar in shape and spread.
• C)Women appear to run about 3 minutes faster than men,and the two distributions have different IQR.
• D)Men appear to run about 3 minutes faster than women,and the two distributions have different IQR.
• E)Men appear to run about 10 minutes faster than women,but the two distributions are very similar in shape and spread.