You have a data set with the salaries earned by 10 students in a particular class. Nine of the students work part time at local bars and restaurants. The tenth student works full time as a highly paid public relations executive. This is true of those data: The mean is larger than the median. The mean is smaller than the median. The mean and the median are about equal. The data are symmetrical. The mean, the median and the mode are about the same.
You have a data set with the salaries earned by 10 students in a particular
class. Nine of the students work part time at local bars and restaurants. The tenth student works full time as a highly paid public relations executive. This is true of those data:
The mean is larger than the median.
The mean is smaller than the median.
The mean and the median are about equal.
The data are symmetrical.
The mean, the median and the mode are about the same.