A College Professor Collected Data on the Number of Hours

question 21

Multiple Choice

A college professor collected data on the number of hours spent by his 100 students over the weekend to prepare for Monday's Business Statistics exam.He processed the data by Excel and the following incomplete output is available. The median is most likely to be ________________.

• A) about 7 hours
• B) less than 7 hours
• C) greater than 7 hours
• D) Cannot tell from the information provided

Recognize the discrepancy between media portrayals of society and actual societal composition.

Evaluate strategies for altering mainstream media representation practices.

Identify the portrayal differences in gender roles and the dominance of male characters in media.

Understand and apply the principles of proportionate consolidation and the equity method in accounting for investments in joint operations.

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Definitions:

Mental Age

A measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance. Thus, a child who does as well as the average 8-year-old is said to have a mental age of 8.

Divergent Thinking

Divergent thinking is a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions, often leading to unique and unconventional outcomes.

Mental Age

A measure of an individual's cognitive ability as compared to the average cognitive ability for their chronological age.

Intellectual Abilities

The capacity to perform mental activities involving reasoning, problem-solving, and abstract thinking.