Chapter 3, Problem 3.10P

SOC As the head of a social services agency, you believe that your staff of 20 social workers is very much overworked compared with 10 years ago. The case loads for each worker are reported below for each of the two years in question. Has the average caseload increased? Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate to answer this question? Why?

2002		2012
52	55	42	82
50	49	75	50
57	50	69	52
49	52	65	50
45	59	58	55
65	60	64	65
60	65	69	60
55	68	60	60
42	60	50	60
50	42	60	60