Data was collected about the number of text messages a sample of college students received in the last day. In this particular sample, most students received few text messages, but a small number of students received a very large number of text messages. Two measures of center were computed for this sample: 15.6 and 20.2. One of these measures is the mean and one is the median. Which measure must be the median? 1 The median is 20.2 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the left. 2 The median is 20.2 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the right. 3 The median is 15.6 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the left. 4 The median is 15.6 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the right.
Data was collected about the number of text messages a sample of college students received in the last day. In this particular sample, most students received few text messages, but a small number of students received a very large number of text messages. Two measures of center were computed for this sample: 15.6 and 20.2. One of these measures is the mean and one is the median. Which measure must be the median? 1 The median is 20.2 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the left. 2 The median is 20.2 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the right. 3 The median is 15.6 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the left. 4 The median is 15.6 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the right.
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Data was collected about the number of text messages a sample of college students received in the last day. In this particular sample, most students received few text messages, but a small number of students received a very large number of text messages. Two measures of center were computed for this sample: 15.6 and 20.2. One of these measures is the mean and one is the median. Which measure must be the median?
1 The median is 20.2 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the left.
2 The median is 20.2 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the right.
3 The median is 15.6 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the left.
4 The median is 15.6 because the distribution of number of text messages would be skewed to the right.
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