Is your choice between median and mean?
What is your answer? Why?
The table below shows the weekly earnings of two groups of employees working part-time at a local grocery store.
GROUP A:$245, $224, $218, $295, $214, $312, $284
GROUP B:$223, $230, $310, $246, $295, $301, $215
PART A: Which measure best describe the center of the data for each group? Why?
2 answers
The median for GROUP A i got 245 and the median for GROUP B i got 246. Then the mean for GROUP A i got 256 and the mean for GROUP B i got 260.
The part i don't understand is what it is asking me. What does it mean by "which measure best describes the center of the data for each group?"
Is it asking me wether the mean or median is the best measure for the center of the data?
If so wouldn't it be the median, since the median means middle and it is asking me for the center of the data?
The part i don't understand is what it is asking me. What does it mean by "which measure best describes the center of the data for each group?"
Is it asking me wether the mean or median is the best measure for the center of the data?
If so wouldn't it be the median, since the median means middle and it is asking me for the center of the data?
2 answers