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Below are boxplots of SAT Critical Reading and Math scores for a randomly selected group
Chapter 12, Problem AP4.33(choose chapter or problem)
Below are boxplots of SAT Critical Reading and Math scores for a randomly selected group of female juniors at a highly competitive suburban school. FEM-M FEM-CR 400 500 600 700 800 Scores Which of the following cannot be justified by the plots shown above? (a) The maximum Critical Reading score is higher than the maximum Math score. (b) Critical Reading scores are skewed to the right, whereas Math scores are somewhat skewed to the left. (c) The median Critical Reading score for females is slightly higher than the median Math score. (d) There appear to be no outliers in the SAT score distributions. (e) The mean Critical Reading score and the mean Math score for females are about the same. AP4
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QUESTION:
Below are boxplots of SAT Critical Reading and Math scores for a randomly selected group of female juniors at a highly competitive suburban school. FEM-M FEM-CR 400 500 600 700 800 Scores Which of the following cannot be justified by the plots shown above? (a) The maximum Critical Reading score is higher than the maximum Math score. (b) Critical Reading scores are skewed to the right, whereas Math scores are somewhat skewed to the left. (c) The median Critical Reading score for females is slightly higher than the median Math score. (d) There appear to be no outliers in the SAT score distributions. (e) The mean Critical Reading score and the mean Math score for females are about the same. AP4
ANSWER:Step 1 of 6
(a) Can be justified, because the right whisker of the top boxplot ends more to the right than the right whisker of the bottom boxplot.