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Quantitative Data Analysis
Simply Explained Using SPSS

Unit Exercises

1. Which of the following is not a description of the median?
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a. the value separating the lower and upper 50 percent of
an ordered dataset
b. the average of the maximum and minimum value
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c. the 2 quartile
d. the value that divides an ordered distribution into two
equal parts

2. The most frequent value in the set of observation is known as
a. mean
b. mode
c. median
d. range

3. The difference between maximum and minimum value in the set
of data is called?
a. median
b. quartile
c. range
d. variance

Following are the weight of 18 young males.
91, 98, 105, 106, 107, 109, 116, 117, 117, 120, 131, 134, 136, 138,
145, 155, 184, 186
Calculate the following

1. mean _________________

2. median _______________

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