#$&* course Mth 152 November 27 - 8:58pm 014. mean vs median
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Given Solution: To get the mean value of the numbers, we first note that there are eight numbers. Then we had the numbers and divide by eight. We obtain 5 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 10 + 12 + 13 + 15 = 80. Dividing by 8 we obtain mean = 80 / 8 = 10. The difference between 5 and the mean 10 is 5; the difference between 7 and the mean 10 is 3; the difference between 9 and 10 is 1; the differences between 12, 13 and 15 and the mean 10 are 2, 3 and 5. So we have differences 5, 3, 1, 1, 0, 2, 3 and 5 between the mean and the numbers in the list. The average difference between the mean and the numbers in the list is therefore ave difference = ( 5 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 3 + 5 ) / 8 = 20 / 8 = 2.5. Self-critique: OKAY ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: OKAY ********************************************* Question: `q002 What is the middle number among the numbers 13, 12, 5, 7, 9, 15, 9, 10, 8? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: We are looking for the median of these numbers: 5, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15. The middle number is 9. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: It is easier to answer this question if we place the numbers in ascending order. Listed in ascending order the numbers are 5, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 15. We see that there are 9 numbers in the list. If we remove the first 4 and the last 4 we are left with the middle number. So we remove the numbers 5, 7, 8, 9 and the numbers 10, 12, 13, and 15, which leaves the second '9' as the middle number. Self-critique: OKAY ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: OKAY ********************************************* Question: `q003. On a list of 9 numbers, which number will be the one in the middle? Note that the middle number is called the 'median'. YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: If we have 9 numbers than that means that it will be easy to find the middle number because there will be 4 numbers on either side of the middle number. What you will need to do is count the first four in and then the last 4 in and you will find the middle 9th number. This is after you have arranged the numbers in their correct consecutive order. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: If the 9 numbers are put in order, then we can find the middle number by throwing out the first four and the last four numbers on the list. We are left with the fifth number on the list. In general if we have an odd number n of number in an ordered list, we throw out the first (n-1) / 2 and the last (n-1) / 2 numbers, leaving us with the middle number, which is number (n-1)/2 + 1 on the list. So for example if we had 179 numbers on the list, we would throw out the first (179 - 1) / 2 = 178/2 = 89 numbers on the list and the last 89 numbers on the list, leaving us with the 90th number on the list. Note that 90 = (179 - 1) / 2 + 1, illustrating y the middle number in number (n-1)/2 + 1 on the list. Self-critique: I didn’t use the formula you did but I understand it. ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: 1 ********************************************* Question: `q004. What is the median (the middle number) among the numbers 5, 7, 9, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 15? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: The set of numbers is already in the correct order. There are 8 numbers though so there is no single middle number; instead we are left with something between 9 and 10. To get the median we have to average these two numbers together. The average would be 9.5. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: There are 8 numbers on this list. If we remove the smallest then the largest our list becomes 7, 9, 9, 10, 12, 13. If we remove the smallest and the largest from this list we obtain 9, 9, 10, 12. Removing the smallest and the largest from this list we are left with 9 and 10. We are left with two numbers in the middle; we don't have a single 'middle number'. So we do the next-most-sensible thing and average the two numbers to get 9.5. We say that 9.5 is the middle, or median, number. Self-critique: OKAY ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: OKAY ********************************************* Question: `q005. We saw that for the numbers 5, 7, 9, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 15, on the average each number is 2.5 units from the average. Are the numbers in the list 48, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55 closer or further that this, on the average, from their mean? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: The mean of these numbers (48, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55) is 51. We got this from dividing their sum 408 by how many numbers there are, which are 8. 48 is 3 away from 51. 49 is 2 away from 51. 50 is 1 away from 51. 51 is the exact number so it’s 0 away. 53 is 2 away from 51. 54 is 3 away from 51. 55 is 4 away from 51. Therefore the number difference is 3, 3, 2, 1, 0, 2, 3, 4. The average of this difference is 2.25 confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: The mean of the numbers 48, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, and 55 is (48 + 48 + 49 + 50 + 51 + 53 + 54 + 55) / 8 = 408 / 8 = 51. 48 is 3 units away from the mean 51, 49 is 2 units away from the mean 51, 50 is 1 unit away from the mean 51, and the remaining numbers are 2, 3 and 4 units away from the mean of 51. So on the average the distance of the numbers from the mean is (3 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 3 + 4) / 8 = 18 / 8 = 2.25. This list of numbers is a bit closer, on the average, then the first list. Self-critique: OKAY ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: OKAY ********************************************* Question: `q006. On a 1-10 rating of a movie, one group gave the ratings 1, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10 while another gave the ratings 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10. Find the mean (average) and the median (middle value) of each group's ratings. Which group would you say liked the movie better? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: One group gave the ratings 1, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10 Another group gave the ratings 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10 The first group’s number sum is 45. If we divide that by the amount of numbers, which is 6, is 7.5. The median is the middle number, which in this case is between 8 and 9. The average of these two numbers would be 8.5. The second group’s number sum is 49. If we divide it by the amount of numbers, which is 6, we get 8.16. To find the median we look for the middle number, which in this case are both 8’s, which would make the average median 8. The first group liked the movie more. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: The mean of the first list is (1 + 8 + 8 + 9 + 9 + 10) / 6 = 45 / 6 = 7.5. The median is obtained a throwing out the first 2 numbers on the list and the last 2 numbers. This leaves the middle two, which are 8 and 9. The median is therefore 8.5. The mean of the numbers on the second list is (7 + 7 + 8 + 8 + 9 + 10) / 6 = 49 / 6 = 8 .16. The median of this list is found by removing the first 210 the last 2 numbers on the list, leaving the middle two numbers 8 and 8. The median is therefore 8. The first group had the higher median and the lower mean, while the second group had the lower median but the higher mean. Since everyone except one person in the first group scored the movie as 8 or higher, and since everyone in both groups except this one individual scored the movie 7 or higher, it might be reasonable to think that the one anomalous score of 1 is likely the result of something besides the quality of the movie. We might also note that this score is much further from the mean that any of the other scores, giving it significantly more effect on the mean than any other score. We might therefore choose to use the median, which limits the otherwise excessive weight given to this unusually low score when we calculate the mean. In this case we would say that the first group liked the movie better. Self-critique: OKAY ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: OKAY ********************************************* Question: `q007. Suppose that in a certain office that ten employees make $700 per pay period, while five make $800 per pay period and the other two make $1000 per pay period. What is the mean pay per period in the office? What is the median? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: 10 employees make $700 5 employees make $800 2 employees make $1000 This makes 17 total employees. The 10 employees make $7000. The 5 employees make $4000. The 2 employees make $2000. All the employees’ pay together equals $13,000. This amount divided by the 17 employees equal $823 per head. This is the mean. To find the median we have to order all the salaries. 700, 700, 700, 700, 700, 700, 700, 700, 700, 700, 4000,4000, 4000,4000, 4000, 1000, 1000. The median is 700. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: There are a total of 10 + 5 + 2 = 17 employees in the office. The total pay per pay period is 10 * $700 + 5 * $800 + 2 * $1000 = $13,000. The mean pay per period is therefore $13,000 / 17 = $823 approx.. The median pay is obtained by 'throwing out' the lowest 8 and the highest 8 in an ordered list, leaving the ninth salary. Since 10 people make $700 per period, this leaves $700 as the median. STUDENT QUESTION: Is it typical to use the median value if there are ‘oddball’ scores in a group? INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE A few 'oddball' scores have little effect on the median, but can have a great effect on the mean. Other factors can also be important depending on the situation, but if a lot of 'oddball' scores, or 'outliers', are expected the median is often the better indication of average behavior than the mean. Self-critique: OKAY ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: OKAY ********************************************* Question: `q008. In the preceding problem ten employees make $700 per pay period, while five make $800 per pay period and the other two make $1000 per pay period; we just found that the mean pay per period was $823. On the average, how much to the individual salaries differ from the mean? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: The mean pay period was $823. 10 make $700, which is a difference of 123. 5 make $800, which is a difference of 23. 2 make $1000 which 177. So 123+23+177 = 123. I think I’ve done something wrong haven’t it because that can’t be divided by that many employees. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: The mean was found in the preceding problem to be $765. The deviation of $700 from the mean is therefore $65, the deviation of $800 from the mean is $35 and the deviation of $1000 from the mean is $135. Since $700 is paid to 10 employees, $800 to five and $1000 to two, the total deviation is 10 *$65 + 5 * $35 + 2 * $235 = $1295. The mean deviation is therefore $1295 / 17 = $76.18 , approx.. Self critique: I thought the mean was $823 not $765. Where did I go wrong? I understand this problem correctly using $765 but I didn’t think it was that. " Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: ********************************************* Question: `q008. In the preceding problem ten employees make $700 per pay period, while five make $800 per pay period and the other two make $1000 per pay period; we just found that the mean pay per period was $823. On the average, how much to the individual salaries differ from the mean? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: The mean pay period was $823. 10 make $700, which is a difference of 123. 5 make $800, which is a difference of 23. 2 make $1000 which 177. So 123+23+177 = 123. I think I’ve done something wrong haven’t it because that can’t be divided by that many employees. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: The mean was found in the preceding problem to be $765. The deviation of $700 from the mean is therefore $65, the deviation of $800 from the mean is $35 and the deviation of $1000 from the mean is $135. Since $700 is paid to 10 employees, $800 to five and $1000 to two, the total deviation is 10 *$65 + 5 * $35 + 2 * $235 = $1295. The mean deviation is therefore $1295 / 17 = $76.18 , approx.. Self critique: I thought the mean was $823 not $765. Where did I go wrong? I understand this problem correctly using $765 but I didn’t think it was that. " Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: #*&!