A Useful Way of Comparing the Distribution of a Numerical

question 13

Multiple Choice

A useful way of comparing the distribution of a numerical variable across categories of some categorical variable is

• A) side-by-side box plot
• B) side-by-side pivot table
• C) both of these options
• D) neither of these options

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Definitions:

Descriptive Statistics

Statistical methods that summarize and organize data to describe its main features, often through the use of charts, graphs, and summary measures.

Significance Test

A statistical method used to determine if the results of an experiment are likely to be due to chance or if they are significant.

P Value

A statistical measure that helps scientists determine the significance of their research results, indicating the probability of observing the results by chance.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability within a data set, indicating how spread out the numbers are from the mean.