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Chapter 1.2, Problem 4E
True or False? In Exercises 3–6, determine whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, rewrite it as a true statement.
4. For data at the interval level, you cannot calculate meaningful differences between data entries.
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Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World Books a la carte Plus MyLab Statistics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (7th Edition)
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