10 of 12 ID: MST.NDM.DA.05.0020 [1 point A friend of yours is analyzing data col

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10 of 12 ID: MST.NDM.DA.05.0020 [1 point A friend of yours is analyzing data collected on the response time to emergency calls. They are unsure about statis have asked for your advice: Friend: "I have got data on the response time to emergency calls for a random sample of 59 emergency responses. I've been asked to report some numbers to describe the center and spread of this data. Apparently there are several ways to do that and I am unsure which method I should use. I've looked at the data and it seems that the response times are fairly evenly spread around a time of S minutes. How should I best report the center and spread of this data?" You respond to your friend saying that, in this case, it is best to report the: mean, minimum and maximum values median and interquartile range mean and standard deviation variance mode and range - mean only

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Correct answer: Option (C) Mean and Standard deviation

Mean is the best measure to find the central value

and SD is the best meaure to find the disperssion.

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