A State Motor Vehicles Agency That Is Interested in Serving

question 63

Multiple Choice

A state motor vehicles agency that is interested in serving the public might choose to measure ________.

• A)total revenue rather than customer wait time
• B)total customers rather than total revenue
• C)customer wait time rather than total customers
• D)employee turnover rather than customer wait time

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Definitions:

Measure of Variability

A statistic that describes the dispersion of data points in a dataset, such as range, variance, or standard deviation.

Parameter

A quantity that influences the outcome of a mathematical function or statistical operation, often a measure that describes a statistical population.

Measure of Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution.

Parameter

A numerical characteristic or measure that describes an aspect of a population.