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SOC A sample of 25 freshmen at a major university completed a survey that measured their degree of racial prejudice (the higher the score, the greater the prejudice).
a. Compute the
10 | 43 | 30 | 30 | 45 |
40 | 12 | 40 | 42 | 35 |
45 | 25 | 10 | 33 | 50 |
42 | 32 | 38 | 11 | 47 |
22 | 26 | 37 | 38 | 10 |
b. These same 25 students completed the same survey during their senior year. Compute the median and mean for this second set of scores, and compare them to the earlier set. What happened?
10 | 45 | 35 | 27 | 50 |
35 | 10 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
40 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 10 |
40 | 15 | 30 | 20 | 43 |
23 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 10 |
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