Question

You are trying to find the average number of siblings that your classmates have. In 3 easy 6th grade worded sentences in a paragraph, explain whether the distribution of the data you gathered is symmetrical or skewed and if the mean or median would be the most appropriate center. Also calculate and state the mean and median in your response. Finally, state the best measure of center for the number of siblings.

Answer 1

After collecting data about the number of siblings my classmates have, I found that most have either one or no siblings, while a few have many siblings. This makes the distribution slightly skewed to the right because there are some students with a high number of siblings. To summarize the data, the mean number of siblings is 2.2, while the median is 1, so the median is the best measure of center because it better represents most of my classmates' experiences.