SOLUTION: Which of the following statements is NOT true? (a) In a symmetric distribution, the mean and the median are equal. (b) The first quartile is equivalent to the twenty-fifth percen

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Question 509642: Which of the following statements is NOT true?
(a) In a symmetric distribution, the mean and the median are equal.
(b) The first quartile is equivalent to the twenty-fifth percentile.
(c) In a symmetric distribution, the median is halfway between the first and third quartiles.
(d) The median is always greater than the mean.
(e) The range is the difference between the largest and the smallest observation in the data set.

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