Question

50 PTS 2. Consider the following line plot.

(a) What is the general trend of the graph?
(b) What is the median of the data? Explain.
(c) What is the mean of the data? Explain.
(d) Would the mean or median be affected more with a data point of 20? Explain.

Answer 1

The median is 5 and the mean is 5.15.

Answer 2

Trend : Skewed left
Median : list all the numbers in order and find the number in the middle
Median is 5
To find mean: add all the numbers together and divide by how many values there were
Mean : 5.15
The mean, because mean is always most affected by moutliers.
Hope this helps!