You discover that the years of marriage before a divorce for nine white people and nine non-white people are as follows:

Whites 12, 1, 8, 9, 10, 17, 3, 6, 6
Non-whites 1, 9, 15, 18, 11, 13, 14, 7, 3

Which statement about this data is TRUE?

A) There is no difference in the range for the two groups.
B) The median years of marriage prior to divorce is three years longer for whites than non-whites.
C) The mean years of marriage prior to divorce is the same for both groups.
D) On average, non-whites stay married longer prior to divorce than the whites.
E) The mode for the two groups is the same.


D

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