Question

A regional consortium of southwestern states agrees on a program to lower the release of ozone-depleting chemicals. The table below shows the production of ozone depleting chemicals and the production per capita.

State OzoneChemicals Released Release per

Texas 649 31
California 500 15
Arizona 85 17
Utah 84 42
Nevada 31 16 @kropot72 @Jamierox4ev3r @dan815

Answer 1

c) If you want to guarantee that program is funded fairly based upon a state’s contribution to the problem, which set of data and which central tendency (median or mean) would you use? Why

Answer 2

1) How many columns of data should there be in the question? (There are only 2 columns shown).
2) What are the units applying to each column of data (e.g.1000 of tons, tons........)?

Answer 3

there are three columns,,,the state,ozone depleting chemicals and release per capita

Answer 4

in 1000s of kg

Answer 5

@kropot72

Answer 6

The set of data for release per capita can be used to rank the states fairly, based on their individual contributions to the problem.
The median value of release per capita is 17 and the mean value of release per capita is 24.2. The use of the median as the measure of central tendency gives more weight to the high release per capita of Texas than if the mean is used. The median value is close to the values of release per capita of three out of the five states ensuring greater fairness than if the mean is used.

Answer 7

aww thank you @kropot72

Answer 8

@kropot72 should i write my median for both sets in 1000's example with the release per capita which has itz median to be 17,, should i write it just 17 or 17000 kg since its measured in 1000's or it isnt necessary?

Answer 9

It looks to me as if the production of ozone-depleting chemicals should be stated in thousands of kg and the release per capita should be stated in kg (release per capita meaning the amount released per person in a particular state).

Answer 10

they are both stated in 1000's of kg

Answer 11

@kropot72

Answer 12

Well that doesn't make sense to me. For example if Arizona produces 85,000 kg and uses 17,000 kg per person in the state they would soon run short!

Answer 13

no actually the second data has 1000 kg/million people in bracket

Answer 14

that is release per capita

Answer 15

@kropot72

Answer 16

Now I understand! I suggest that you write "17 units" for the median release per capita.

Answer 17

oh ok..and what of the median for the first table..thus the 85

Answer 18

do i use kg

Answer 19

No. Just write "17 units" for the median. The alternative is to write "17,000 kg/million people" for the median.

Answer 20

oh ok..

Answer 21

thanks

Answer 22

You're welcome :)