Free CompTIA DA0-002 Actual Exam Questions - Question 3 Discussion
[Data Analysis]
A data analyst creates a report that identifies the middle 50% of the collected dat a. Which of the following best describes the analyst's findings?
D imo, because skewness describes asymmetry, not the range of the middle data. That rules out D easily, narrowing it down to A since none of the others relate to the middle 50%.
Not B, because the difference between mode and median doesn’t focus on spread or range; A is better since the interquartile range actually captures the central 50% of data points.
A/B? The middle 50% refers to the interquartile range (A), not the difference between mode and median (B), which doesn’t measure spread. So A makes more sense here.
Option A, since interquartile range is the standard measure for the middle 50%.
D imo, skewness is about asymmetry, not the middle 50%. So it can be ruled out here, leaving A as the clear choice since it specifically measures that central range.
Middle 50% is typically the interquartile range, so A sounds right.
Luke L.: This has to be A. Interquartile range shows the middle 50% of data, right?