A sample of 90 students were asked to report their father’s years of education. 10 students were not aware of this information, hence did not respond. Of the remaining ones, one student reported 0 years of education, two students reported 2 years of education, 3 students reported five years of education, ten students reported 10 years of education, seven students reported 8 years of education, thirty students reported 13 years of education, ten students reported 15 years, seven other students reported 18 years, and ten students reported 14 years. 1) Please, calculate: Mean, median, standard deviation, IQR (Interquartile range), and mode for father’s years of schooling.
A sample of 90 students were asked to report their father’s years of education. 10 students were not aware of this information, hence did not respond. Of the remaining ones, one student reported 0 years of education, two students reported 2 years of education, 3 students reported five years of education, ten students reported 10 years of education, seven students reported 8 years of education, thirty students reported 13 years of education, ten students reported 15 years, seven other students reported 18 years, and ten students reported 14 years.
1) Please, calculate: Mean, median, standard deviation, IQR (
2)Are median and mean different? Why? What can you tell about the distribution of Y? What does the value of the standard deviation indicate? (hint, explain it in its metric)
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