Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th Edition)
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Author: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
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Chapter 1.2, Problem 30E
Classifying Data by Type and Level In Exercises 27–32, determine whether the data are qualitative or quantitative, and determine the level of measurement of the data set.
30. Diving The scores for the gold medal winning diver in the men’s 10-meter platform
| 91.80 | 91.00 | 88.20 |
| 97.20 | 99.90 | 91.80 |
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