Question

A gardener wants to compare the heights of plants in two gardens that are watered using different tools. The heights, in centimeters, for a group of plants in the two gardens are shown.

Plant Heights (cm) in Garden A: 15, 17, 17, 19, 19, 20, 21, 22, 22, 22, 22, 23, 23, 24, 24, 24, 26, 28, 29, 29, 30
Plant Heights (cm) in Garden B: 10, 20, 20, 20, 21, 21, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 25, 25, 25, 26, 26, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32
What is the best measure of center for comparing the two data sets and what comparison can be drawn?

Answer 1

Garden A: 24.05cm ( add all the numbers(=457)and divide by the amount of numbers (19))

Garden B: 22.85cm ( add all numbers (=480) divide by amount of numbers (21))