Exhibit 3-2 A Researcher Has Collected the Following Sample Data. the Mean

question 56

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 3-2
A researcher has collected the following sample data. The mean of the sample is 5.
-__________ can be used to determine the percentage of data values that must be within one, two, and three standard deviations of the mean for data having a bell-shaped distribution.

• A)Chebyshev's theorem
• B)empirical rule
• C)five-number summary
• D)box plot

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Definitions:

Equity Multiplier

A financial ratio indicating the portion of a company's assets that are financed by stockholder's equity.

Cash Ratio

A liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay off its short-term liabilities with its cash and cash equivalents.

Current Ratio

A liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations with its current assets, calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities.

Cash Equivalents

Short-term, highly liquid investments that are easily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.