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Data Analysis, SM-Bank 007

Bailey's soccer coach recorded the number of goals scored during the last 6 games of the season.

  `3, \ 7, \ 6, \ 3, \ 1, \ 4`

Find:

  1. the median number of goals scored.  (1 mark)

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  2. the mean number of goals scored.  (1 mark)

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i.  `3.5`

ii.  `4`

Show Worked Solution

i.  `text(Ordered data:)` `\ 1, \ 3, \ 3, \ 4, \ 6, \ 7`

`text(Median)\ ` `=\ text(Average of 2 middle scores)`
  `= (3+4)/2`
  `= 7/2`
  `=3.5`

 

ii.  `text(Mean) ` `= (3+7+6+3+1+4)/6`  
  `= 24/6`  
  `= 4`  

 

Filed Under: Data Analysis Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4224-20-Median, smc-4224-25-Mean

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