Comparing data distributions
which statement is true about the distributions
representing the yearly earnings?
the table shows the yearly earnings, in thousands of
dollars, over a 10-year period for college graduates.
self-employed wage earners
5266
101
89
53
64
96
81
60
62
81
38
51
58
46
51
the mean earnings of the self-employed are higher
than the mean earnings of the wage earners.
the distribution of earnings for wage earners is
more symmetric than the distribution of earnings for
the self-employed.
the iqrs of the distributions are equal.
the standard deviations of the distributions are
equal.
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84
1 44
72
65