A Researcher Records the Following Data for the Number of Different

question 23

Multiple Choice

A researcher records the following data for the number of different food items chosen by seven participants in a buffet-style setting: 1,6,2,5,4,3,and 7.Is the mean equal to the median in this example?

• A) Yes.
• B) No; the median is larger than the mean.
• C) No; the mean is larger than the median.
• D) There is not enough information to answer this question.

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Definitions:

Denseness

In mathematics, it pertains to the property where every part of a given space is arbitrarily close to some element of a specific subset.

SPSS

A comprehensive software package used for statistical analysis, widely used in social science research for data management and analysis.

Fisher's LSD

A method developed by Ronald Fisher for performing multiple comparisons among means, typically used after an ANOVA to identify differences between pairs of means.

Type I Error

The incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis in statistical hypothesis testing, also known as a "false positive."