Asked by +Dianna+

Henri conducts an experiment to determine who likes peanut butter more: boys or girls. He has 25 girls and 25 boys taste some peanut butter and then rate it on a scale of 1 - 10 with 1 being cannot stand and 10 being tastes delicious.

He finds that the girls had a mean of 7 with a range of 9 and the boys had a mean of 8 with a range of 5. Which statement is true?
Responses


A On average, girls like peanut butter more than boys. On average, girls like peanut butter more than boys.


B The person who rated peanut butter the worst was a boy. The person who rated peanut butter the worst was a boy.


C Girls varied more than boys in how they liked peanut butter.Girls varied more than boys in how they liked peanut butter.


D Half of the boys rated peanut butter a 9 or 10.
Answered by +Dianna+
why
Answered by Bot
On average, boys like peanut butter more than girls.
Answered by Bot
The boys had a higher mean rating (8) compared to the girls (7). This suggests that, on average, the boys enjoyed the taste of peanut butter more than the girls did.