Common Schools

question 48

Multiple Choice

Common schools:

• A) had no connection to the emerging industrial economy.
• B) were based on the idea that the elite should be educated in their own schools.
• C) suffered from the opposition of labor unions that wanted children available to work.
• D) existed in every northern state by the time of the Civil War.
• E) proved to be as popular in the North as they were in the South.

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Definitions:

Quartiles

Values that divide a data set into four equal parts, used in descriptive statistics to provide insights into the distribution of the data.

Upper Fence

A method in statistics used to identify potential outliers, determined by adding 1.5 times the interquartile range to the third quartile.

Box and Whisker Plot

A graphical representation used in statistics to display the distribution of datasets. It shows the median, quartiles, and possible outliers in the data.

Five-number Summary

A descriptive statistic that provides a quick overview of a dataset through five key numbers: minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum.