“The average commute is 37 minutes, so most employees travel about 37 minutes.” Choose… Treats the mean as typical in a right-skewed distribution Hides a large group of zeros; a two-part summary is needed False precision: more digits than the data can support Mean ± SD implies a symmetric spread that does not exist Unclear denominator: which baskets is the percentage of?
“The average annual bonus was 20 974 SAR.” (28.5% of employees received none) Choose… Treats the mean as typical in a right-skewed distribution Hides a large group of zeros; a two-part summary is needed False precision: more digits than the data can support Mean ± SD implies a symmetric spread that does not exist Unclear denominator: which baskets is the percentage of?
“Mean basket value: 97.564533 SAR.” Choose… Treats the mean as typical in a right-skewed distribution Hides a large group of zeros; a two-part summary is needed False precision: more digits than the data can support Mean ± SD implies a symmetric spread that does not exist Unclear denominator: which baskets is the percentage of?
“66% of customers paid by card.” (payment method missing for 23 baskets; base not stated) Choose… Treats the mean as typical in a right-skewed distribution Hides a large group of zeros; a two-part summary is needed False precision: more digits than the data can support Mean ± SD implies a symmetric spread that does not exist Unclear denominator: which baskets is the percentage of?
“Delays were 21 ± 49 minutes.” (median −1 minute, long right tail) Choose… Treats the mean as typical in a right-skewed distribution Hides a large group of zeros; a two-part summary is needed False precision: more digits than the data can support Mean ± SD implies a symmetric spread that does not exist Unclear denominator: which baskets is the percentage of?