Question

Examine the distribution of the total cholesterol variable. Would the five number summary or mean/SD be more appropriate to report?   

Neither is appropriate  

Both would be appropriate   

Mean/SD   

Five number summary

Answer 1

For examine the distribution of the total cholesterol variable i.e. it is positive skewed or negative skewed or symmetric distribution

we can get idea about box plot so we need five number summary .we can not get idea about distribution of cholesterol using mean / sd it just give idea about cetral tendecy and variation in data

so correct answer for this problem is Five number summary

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