standard deviation b. interquartile range c. range d. mode ____ 18. Since the mode is the most frequently occurring data value, it a. can never be...

A. standard deviation b. interquartile range c. range d. mode ____ 18. Since the mode is the most frequently occurring data value, it a. can never be larger than the mean b. is always larger than the median c. is always larger than the mean d. None of these alternatives is correct. ____ 12. A histogram is said to be skewed to the left if it has a a. longer tail to the left b. shorter tail to the left c. longer tail to the right d. shorter tail to the right ____ 13. Any process that generates well-defined outcomes is a. a sample point b. an experiment c. an event d. a sample space ____ 14. The median is a measure of a. absolute dispersion b. central location c. relative dispersion d. relative location ____ 15. The first quartile a. is the same as the 25th percentile b. is the same as the 75th percentile c. is the same as the 50th percentile d. contains at least one third of the data elements ____ 16. The variance can never be a. zero b. larger than the standard deviation c. smaller tha