In which year was the unemployment rate generally higher? A. 2008 B. 2012 Which
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Question
In which year was the unemployment rate generally higher?
A.
2008
B.
2012
Which year has less variability for the states' unemployment rate?
A.
2008
B.
2012
The shape of the 2012 distribution of state unemployment rates is best described as:
A.
Non-skewed
B.
Positively skewed
C.
Negatively skewed
Which year had the most states with unemployment rates between 6.0 and 6.9 percent?
A.
2008
B.
2012
Out of 51 states (including District of Columbia), the middle ranked state would have the 26th highest unemployment rate. The 26th ranked state in 2008 had an unemployment rate between:
A.
3.0 - 3.9%
B.
4.0 - 4.9%
C.
5.0 - 5.9%
D.
6.0 - 6.9%
North Dakota had one of the lowest unemployment rates in both 2008 and 2012, below 3.5% in both years, largely due to the shale oil boom. In 3 – 5 sentences, explain to a North Dakotan what happened to the distribution of state unemployment rates over the four years from 2008 to 2012 in most of the rest of the country, referring to the location/dispersion/skewness/outliers of the distributions.
A.
2008
B.
2012
D21 0 1 Range 2 3.0-3.9 3 4.0-4.9 4 5.0 5.9 5 6.0-6.9 6 7.0-7.9 7 8.0-8.9 8 9.0-9.9 9 10.0-10.9 2008 2012 2 Histogram of 2008 Unemployment 2 2 3.0 3.9 4.0 4.9 5.0 5.9 6.0 6.9 7.0 7.9 8.0 8.9 9.0 9.9 10.0 10.9 Unemployment 31 32Explanation / Answer
In which year was the unemployment rate generally higher?
2012
Which year has less variability for the states' unemployment rate?
2008
The shape of the 2012 distribution of state unemployment rates is best described as:
Non-Skewed
Which year had the most states with unemployment rates between 6.0 and 6.9 percent?
2008 {13 in 2008 > 10 in 2012 }
Out of 51 states (including District of Columbia), the middle ranked state would have the 26th highest unemployment rate. The 26th ranked state in 2008 had an unemployment rate between:
5-5.9