Compare Mean and Median

How does the median number of miles driven for Driver A compare to the median number of miles driven for Driver B?

• Driver B drives much less than Driver A when comparing medians.

• The medians are the same

• Driver A drives much less than Driver B when comparing medians.

• Driver A and Driver B make the same amount of money.

How does the mean number of miles driven for Driver A compare to the mean number of miles driven by driver B?

• Driver A drove more than Driver B when comparing means.

  A: 200

  B: 191

• Driver B drove more than Driver A when comparing means.

  A: 189

  B: 202

• Driver B drove more than Driver A when comparing means.

  A: 190.1

  B: 200.3

• Driver A drove more than Driver B when comparing means.

  A: 200.3

  B: 190.1

The given distribution is skewed left. Compare the median and the mean.

• The median and the mean are the same because they both are measures of center

• The median is less than the mean since the distribution is skewed left.

• The median is greater than the mean since the distribution is skewed left.

• There is not enough information to compare the median and the mean.

A distribution where one side of the distribution has more values farther from the bulk of the data than the other side, so that the mean is not equal to the median

• Bell-Shaped Distribution

• Skewed Distribution

• Uniform Distribution

• Bimodal Distribution

• The mean is one point lower than the median

• The mean is four points lower than the median

• The mean is one point higher than the median

• The mean is four points higher than the median

What is the relationship of the mean and the median?

• The mean is greater than the median.

• The mean is less than the median.

• The mean and median are about equal.

• There is not enough information to know.

The mean of the number of emails (20.2) is ____________ the median number of emails.

• Less than

• Greater than

• equal to

Ms. Andrey claims the average score on a quiz in her class was 25. Mr. Luna claims the average score on a quiz in his class is 25.

• Ms. Andrey used the mode, while Mr. Luna used the median.

• Ms. Andrey used the mean, while Mr. Luna used the mode.

• Both teachers used the mean.

• Both teachers used the median.

The mean would be _________ the median in this data distribution.

• greater than

• equal to

• less than

What is the relationship of the mean and the median?

• The mean is greater than the median.

• The mean is less than the median.

• The mean and median are about equal.

• There is not enough information to know.