Which situation involves descriptive statistics? The survey shows that 1 in 3 moviegoers would attend a midnight showing. Eighty percent of the recipes in a cookbook require salt. A reporter surveys some commuters in a city to estimate what percent of city's commuters spend 45 minutes or more getting to work. A recent survey of the cost of new homes in the United States shows that the median price of a new home is up $15,000 since last year.

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Clayton Griffin

6 May, 06:58

Which situation involves descriptive statistics? The survey shows that 1 in 3 moviegoers would attend a midnight showing. Eighty percent of the recipes in a cookbook require salt. A reporter surveys some commuters in a city to estimate what percent of city's commuters spend 45 minutes or more getting to work. A recent survey of the cost of new homes in the United States shows that the median price of a new home is up $15,000 since last year.

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Litzy Mclaughlin · Answer 1

Correct Answer: Fourth Option

Descriptive Statistics are used to summarize the data. There are two types of descriptive statistics:

a) Measure of Central Tendency

This includes: Mean, Mode and Media

b) Measures of Variation

This includes: Standard Deviation, Rage and Variance.

From the above measures, Median is being used in Fourth option. Therefore, the correct answer is:

A recent survey of the cost of new homes in the United States shows that the median price of a new home is up $15,000 since last year.