The teacher recorded the mean and median of the hourly wage for each student. Unfortunately, he forgot to label them. The numbers he wrote down were: $11.25/hour and $9.38/hour. Which would be the mean and which would be the median

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Isla Osborn

10 February, 12:41

The teacher recorded the mean and median of the hourly wage for each student. Unfortunately, he forgot to label them. The numbers he wrote down were: $11.25/hour and $9.38/hour. Which would be the mean and which would be the median

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Gator · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

We can not exactly predict the values of mean and median of the data un till and unless we know about the skewness of the data.

Skewness represents the asymmetry or tapering in the distribution of data sample. If skewness is

Negative skew: median > mean:

Positive skew: mean > median:

Although this generalization is not always true.