The Empirical Rule Says That Approximately What Percentage of the Values

question 58

Multiple Choice

The empirical rule says that approximately what percentage of the values would be within 2 standard deviations of the mean in a bell shaped set of data?

• A)95%
• B)68%
• C)50%
• D)97.7%
• E)100%

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