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Statement 1: Sort on civilian labor force in October 2011 to find the maximum. The region with the largest civilian labor force in October 2011 was the South Atlantic. Compare the October 2011 value with the October 2012 value, which is declining.

Answer: True

Statement 2: Sort on civilian labor force in October 2011, and locate the fifth value, which is the median. The median is 17,700 in the Southwest Central region. Re-sort on unemployed number in October 2012, and again locate the fifth value. The median value is 8 which do not belong to Southwest Central region.

Answer: False

Statement 3: Use the available calculator to find the mean of the percent unemployed in October 2012: (7.4 + 8.7 + 8.0 + 8.3 + 6.5 + 8.0 + 5.6 + 7.7 + 9.5)/9 = 69.7/9 ≈ 7.74. Repeat for October 2011: (7.5 + 8.4 + 9.1 + 9.2 + 7.6 + 9.1 + 6.4 + 8.7 + 10.8)/9 = 76.8/9 ≈ 8.53. The difference is about 0.793 percentage point. The mean unemployment in October 2012 is not a full percentage point lower than the mean rate in October 2011.

Answer: False
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Statement 1: Sort on civilian labor force in October 2011 to find the maximum. The region with the largest civilian labor force in October 2011 was the South Atlantic. Compare the October 2011 value with the October 2012 value, which is higher.

Answer: False


Oct 2011 is 9.1 vs Oct 2012 is 8. Shouldn't this be true since there is a decline?

Statement 2: Sort on civilian labor force in October 2011, and locate the fifth value, which is the median. The median is 17,700 in the Southwest Central region. Re-sort on unemployed number in October 2012, and again locate the fifth value. The median is 1,164 in the Southwest Central region. The region with the median civilian labor force in October 2011 also had the median unemployment in October 2012.

Answer: True


Median unemployment in Oct 2012 is 8 - East Central or South Atlantic. Its not Southwest.

Can you please review the answer?
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This question is messed up and the values in the table need to be reviewed :)

The 'correct' answers are wrong for both the first one and the second. Either the data is wrong or the answers!
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2. median labour force in October 2011 is in south west central (17700) and medium unemployment rate in October 2012 is for east central and it is 8... right? then how it is correct?

You are absolutely right; the statement is false. All the mess is cleared from this question now.
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The mean unemployment rate in October 2012 is 7.7 and the mean rate in October 2011 is 8.4. Then how it is true?

Yes! the answer is false, and it is fixed now.
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All the mess is cleared now. Please retake this question and re-read the official explanation if necessary.

Thank you!

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Statement 1: Sort on civilian labor force in October 2011 to find the maximum. The region with the largest civilian labor force in October 2011 was the South Atlantic. Compare the October 2011 value with the October 2012 value, which is higher.

Answer: False


Oct 2011 is 9.1 vs Oct 2012 is 8. Shouldn't this be true since there is a decline?

Statement 2: Sort on civilian labor force in October 2011, and locate the fifth value, which is the median. The median is 17,700 in the Southwest Central region. Re-sort on unemployed number in October 2012, and again locate the fifth value. The median is 1,164 in the Southwest Central region. The region with the median civilian labor force in October 2011 also had the median unemployment in October 2012.

Answer: True


Median unemployment in Oct 2012 is 8 - East Central or South Atlantic. Its not Southwest.

Can you please review the answer?
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This question is messed up and the values in the table need to be reviewed :)

The 'correct' answers are wrong for both the first one and the second. Either the data is wrong or the answers!

Sorry for the trouble; all the mess is cleared now. Please retake this question and re-read the official explanation if necessary.

Thank you!
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Can anyone please help with how to solve Q3 since adding up all values and finding average for both is very time consuming?

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what does full percentage point means?
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what does full percentage point means?
A full percentage point means "complete one percent," like 7% to 8%.
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