What are the positive and negative effects of science and its scientific advances?

Asmall internet mail-order company keeps track of the number of orders it fills per day for many years and determines that the distribution of the variable "orders filled per day" is right-skewed and has the following five-number summary: minimum = 20 q1 = 32 median = 46 q3 = 63 maximum = 80 suppose we take random samples of size 40 from this distribution and calculate the range for each of our samples. (i cant put in the graph, but its approximately normal with center between 56 and 57, with a range of 53 to 60). a) there are two dots on the graph at 53. explain what these values represent. b) is the sample range an unbiased estimator of the population? use the dotplot above to justify your answer.

Gretta needs a $300,000 mortgage and is offered two choices. the monthly payments for the fixed rate and predicted payments for the arm are shown. adjustable rate mortgage year monthly payment 1-15 $1,610.46 adjustable rate mortgage year monthly payment 1-5 $1,520.06 6-15 $1,728.54 what is the difference between the total costs of the mortgages rounded to the nearest hundred? $8,700 $1,700 $15,800 $5,000

17. a graduated standard used to evaluate student achievement is called a: a. rubric b. norm-referenced test c. criterion-referenced test d. multiple-choice question e. guessing penalty