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Chapter 8



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

In a test with 5 questions, 3 students in a class got 2 right answers, 4 got 4 right answers and 2 got 5 right answers. 5 is the highest score, so the modal score is 5.
 

 2. 

A data set can have more than one modal value.
 

 3. 

If a data set has n items then the median is tf003-1.jpg.
 

 4. 

The mean of {4, 7, 8, 9}  is 7.
 

 5. 

The median of {5, 3, 8, 4, 1} is 8.
 

 6. 

The median of {2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 5.6} is 2.9.
 

 7. 

If we have 2 cats (with 4 legs each), 2 ostriches (with 2 legs each) and a spider (with 8 legs) then the median number of legs per animal is 4.
 

 8. 

The mean of a data set need not be in the data set.
 

 9. 

The median is more sensitive to extreme values than the mean.
 

 10. 

The mean is the best measure of location.
 



 
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