The dot plot shows the number of classes per semester that a group of boys and girls have chosen to take in their freshman year of college. Which statements correctly describe the two data sets?

The difference of the means is 1.5.
The difference of the means is 0.5.
The difference of the means is about one-third the mean absolute deviation of either data set.
The difference of the means is 1.
The difference of the means is about one-half the mean absolute deviation of either data set.

Acommon technique in analysis of scientific data is normalization. the purpose of normalizing data is to eliminate irrelevant constants that can obscure the salient features of the data. the goal of this experiment is to test the hypothesis that the flux of light decreases as the square of the distance from the source. in this case, the absolute value of the voltage measured by the photometer is irrelevant; only the relative value conveys useful information. suppose that in part 2.2.2 of the experiment, students obtain a signal value of 162 mv at a distance of 4 cm and a value of 86 mv at a distance of 5.7 cm. normalize the students' data to the value obtained at 4 cm. (divide the signal value by 162.) then calculate the theoretically expected (normalized) value at 5.7 cm.