Stats Modeling the World, 4th Edition

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Chapter 3 - Displaying and Summarizing Quantitative Data - Exercises - Page 78: 36

Answer

The company mostly uses the mean while the union uses the median (number of sick days). The mean will likely be higher, because the data likely is right-skewed, for some employees may have more sick days than the others.

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The company mostly uses the mean while the union uses the median (number of sick days). The mean will likely be higher, because the data likely is right-skewed, for some employees may have more sick days than the others.
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