Salary of his workers. He has some workers that work part-time and some
very highly paid workers. If he wants a
true idea of the average salary, what
summary statistic should he use?
test grade in a class. All of his grades have
been within five points of each other. He
needs the average in order to calculate his
overall grade. What summary statistic
should he use?
Hilary is trying to determine the average
number of kids that the parents in her
daycare group have. There are two
families that have over 8 kids each. What
summary statistic should she use?
Mrs. Smith is trying to show that her class
did really well on the last test. She has
four students that should have been in
honors math, but instead stayed in regular
math. What summary statistic should she
use to defend her position?
The players of a minor league baseball The players of a minor league baseball
team claim that they are being underpaid, teal y claim that they are being underpaid,
while the managers disagree. Keeping in while the managers disagree. Keeping in
mind that a few top players earn salaries mind that a few top players earn salaries
that are quite high, what summary that are quite high, what summary
statistics should the managers use to statistics should the players use to
defend their argument?
defend their argument?
Workers at a plant are trying to show that
they work too many hours. There are five
part-time workers along with ten full time
works. What summary statistic would best
defend their position?
Mean
Median