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A defunct website listed the "average" annual income for Florida as $35,031. What is the role of the term average in statistics? Should another term be used in place of average? Choose the correct answer below. A. The term average is often used in statistics to represent the median. B. The term average is often used in statistics to represent the mean. C. The term average is not used in statistics. The term median should be used for the result obtained by adding all of the sample values and dividing by the total number of sample values. D. The term average is not used in statistics. The term mean should be used for the result obtained by adding all of the sample values and dividing by the total number of sample values.

Explanation / Answer

Generally Average is not use in statistics and mathematically we are getting average by adding sample valuse and dividing it by sample numbers. So the correct answer is D

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