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Comparing data distributions

CCSS.Math: HSS.ID.A.1, HSS.ID.A.2, HSS.ID.A.3

For his senior project, Richard is researching how much money a college graduate can expect to earn based on their major. He finds the following interesting facts:

Basketball superstar Michael Jordan was a geography major at the University of North Carolina.
There were only 3 civil engineering majors from the University of Montana. They all took the exact same job, earning the exact same salary at the same company.
Of the 35 finance majors from Wesleyan University, 32 got high-paying consulting jobs, and the other 3 were unemployed.

Which of the following is true?

(Choice A)
The standard deviation for incomes of civil engineers from the University of Montana is abnormally low.
(Choice B)
The interquartile range and the standard deviation for incomes of civil engineers from the University of Montana are equal.
(Choice C)
There is enough information to compare the mean income for finance majors from Wesleyan with the interquartile range for incomes of geography majors from UNC.
(Choice D)
The median income for geography majors from UNC is abnormally high.

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Statistics and probability

Course: Statistics and probability > Unit 2

Comparing data distributions

Statistics and probability

Course: Statistics and probability > Unit 2

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