Describing the Distribution of a Quantitative Variable

AP Statistics· difficulty 2/5

A student is taught the mnemonic SOCS for describing distributions of quantitative data.

S O C S S = ? O = ? C = ? S = ?

What does SOCS stand for?

  • A

    Symmetry, Outliers, Count, Skew

  • B

    Standard deviation, Outliers, Count, Sum

  • C

    Shape, Order, Center, Statistics

  • D

    Shape, Outliers, Center, Spread

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Explanation

SOCS = Shape, Outliers, Center, Spread — the four key features used to describe a quantitative distribution.

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