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Give Jesse A Medal!

anonymous · Answer

The table shows data from a survey about the number of times families eat at restaurants during a week. The families are either from Rome, Italy or New York, New York:



 

Maximum

Minimum

Q1

Q3

IQR

Median

Mean

σ


Rome
16 0 3 13 10 8.5 8 5.4 

New York
20 1 4.5 6 1.5 5.5 7.25 6.1 

Which of the choices below best describes how to measure the center of this data? 
 Both centers are best described with the mean. 

 Both centers are best described with the median. 

 The Rome data center is best described by the mean. The New York data center is best described by the median. 

 The Rome data center is best described by the median. The New York data center is best described by the mean.

dangerousjesse · Answer

Put both sets of numbers in separate sets going from least to greatest.

dangerousjesse · Answer

After you've done that, find the means and medians of both sets.

dangerousjesse · Answer

The most logical answer is probably going to be the mean.

anonymous · Answer

so its a?

dangerousjesse · Answer

Yep

anonymous · Answer

Thank You!

amistre64 · Answer

1, 1.5, 4.5, 5.5, 6, 6.1, 7.25, 20

20 is pretty far out there which is going to skew the mean to the right ....

amistre64 · Answer

0, 3, 5.4, 8, 8.5, 10, 13, 16

this one is more evenly spread out so that the mean and median will be about the same