In most parts of the world, people typically measure their height in terms of centimeters instead of inches. A U.S. research group studying the correlation between diet and height just received their desired data from China and Japan, and then they realized that the response variable (height) was reported in centimeters. They converted it into inches by dividing the length value by 2.54. Which of the following things CHANGE as a result of this conversion? Check all that apply. Group of answer choices the SD the percentile rank of an observation with value 178 centimeters the IQR the median the 80th percentile the average

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In most parts of the world, people typically measure their height in terms of centimeters instead of inches. A U.S. research group studying the correlation between diet and height just received their desired data from China and Japan, and then they realized that the response variable (height) was reported in centimeters. They converted it into inches by dividing the length value by 2.54.

Which of the following things CHANGE as a result of this conversion? Check all that apply.

Group of answer choices
the SD
the percentile rank of an observation with value 178 centimeters
the IQR
the median
the 80th percentile
the average
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The correlation between diet and height of Japan and China is calculated, but height is considered in centimeter, thus they are later changes into inches by dividing by 2.54. Objective is to find which statistics will affect by changing centimeter to inches.

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