​College Graduates Generally Live Longer Than People Who Drop Out

question 75

Multiple Choice

​College graduates generally live longer than people who drop out of high school. Which of these conditions is most likely to explain these differences?

• A) ​College graduates are more likely to smoke cigars.
• B) ​High school dropouts are more likely to seek health care.
• C) ​High school dropouts are less likely to use illicit drugs.
• D) ​College graduates are less likely to smoke cigarettes.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The chance distribution of a measure found by taking many samples from a given population.

Skewed Right

A distribution of data where the tail on the right side of the distribution is longer or fatter than the left side.

Normal Distribution

Normal Distribution is a probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Skewed Right

A distribution that has a tail on the right side, indicating that the majority of data points are concentrated on the left.