In the department store project,numbers 1 through 10 were assigned to the 10 stores considered in the study (Table 8.2 in the text).Thus,store number 9 referred to Dillard's and store number 6 referred to Neiman Marcus.Using this information,which of the following statements is true?
A)Dillard's is in some way superior or inferior to Neiman Marcus.
B)It is meaningful to state that the number of the average store is 5.5.
C)Both A and B are true.
D)None of the above statements are true.

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The assignment of numbers to the stores is arbitrary and does not signify any superiority or inferiority of one store over another. Therefore, statement A is false. Additionally, averaging the store numbers is meaningless since the assignment of numbers to stores is simply a labeling system. Therefore, statement B is also false. Hence, the correct answer is D, which states that none of the statements are true.

In the Department Store Project,numbers 1 Through 10 Were Assigned