In Order to Predict Life Expectancy, a Data Sample Is

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Multiple Choice

In order to predict life expectancy, a data sample is received from a local funeral parlour. The sample includes the ages (in years) of each of the customers received over the past few weeks. The following is the Excel summary statistics: Describe the shape of the age of death distribution.
(i. Since the mode is the largest of the 3 measures of central tendency, more people died at this older age than any earlier age
(ii. Since the mean age of death is the lowest of the three measures of central tendency, there must have been one or more person who died at a significantly younger age than the mode
(iii) Since the mode is the largest of the 3 measures of central tendency, everyone died at this age

• A) (i) and (ii) are correct statements, but (iii) is false.
• B) (ii) and (iii) are correct statements, but (i) is false.
• C) (i), (ii) and (iii) are all correct statements.
• D) (i) and (iii) are correct statements, but (ii) is false.
• E) (i), (ii) and (iii) are all false statements.

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