Elementary Statistics (12th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321836960
ISBN 13: 978-0-32183-696-0

Chapter 3 - Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data - 3-2 Measures of Center - Basic Skills and Concepts - Page 93: 24

Answer

There is no difference between the measures of centres because they are equal.

Work Step by Step

The mean can be counted by summing all the data and dividing it by the number of data: Jefferson Valley: $\frac{6.5+6.6+6.7+6.8+7.1+7.3+7.4+7.7+7.7+7.7}{10}=7.15$, Residence: $\frac{4.2+5.4+5.8+6.2+6.7+7.7+7.7+8.5+9.3+10}{10}=7.15$. The median is the average of the 1 or 2 (here 2) middle data: Jefferson Valley:(7.1+7.3)/2=7.2, for African American drivers:(6.7+7.7)/2=7.2. The African American drivers appear to speed more because their mean is more. There is no difference between the measures of centres because they are equal.
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