Probability of Dying in Any Given Year in the United

question 11

Multiple Choice

probability of dying in any given year in the United States is best described as _______.

• A) increasing with age, and increasing for females more quickly than males
• B) less than 20 percent for males and females over the age of 85
• C) 1 percent for adult males aged 15-24
• D) greater for females across all age groupings

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Definitions:

Continuous Data

Data that can take on any value within a given range, as opposed to discrete data which can only take on specific values.

Equal Space

The provision or allocation of the same amount of physical or metaphorical room to different parties, ideas, or entities.

Central Tendency

Central tendency refers to a central value or a typical value for a probability distribution. It is a measure that attempts to describe a set of data by identifying the central position within that set of data. The most common measures of central tendency are the mean, median, and mode.

Interval Data

Interval data refers to a type of quantitative data that not only categorizes and orders the quantities but also precisely measures the differences between them. Unlike ordinal data, interval data has equal intervals between values, making mathematical operations meaningful.