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An analyst is looking at a particular dataset that includes the scores across all 8th grade students, across three schools. The analyst is trying to determine which type of statistics average to use to best represent the results. On looking through the dataset, the analyst has identified a few extreme outliers. As a result, the analyst was led to use the following type of average: 

An analyst at a phone manufacturing company is preparing a dashboard for Senior Executives that will cover past year's performance. It will be used in the upcoming senior leadership team meeting to make strategic decisions for the new year. While analyzing the data, the analyst found a lot of interesting revelations related to performance. What should the analyst keep in mind when preparing the Executive dashboard? 

A new dataset describing employee salaries is received by a company. A colleague wonders whether a variable follows a Gaussian distribution. Which of the following plots would demonstrate this?

There were 7 students enrolled in the Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course. The scores from the final exam were as follows: 64, 70. 80, 80, 90, 98, 100 What is the mean and median for the outlined scores?

Interested in building out the analytics capability based on the positive results obtained by past analytics efforts, the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) pitches the idea of using analytics to guide future decision making across the enterprise. Before allocating budget to build up an enterprise analytics practice, the decision makers should: