Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780321946393
Author: Mark L. Berenson, David M. Levine, Kathryn A. Szabat
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 10PS
If two students score a 90 on the same examination, what arguments could be used to show that the underlying variable-test score-is continuous?
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Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
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