Question

A math professor is wondering if students today are better or worse than in the past. He has given the same final to this year's class that he gave ten years ago. Compute mean, median, and mode for both classes and write a paragraph summarizing the differences.

This Year
35 45 65 75 87
80 69 71 53 90
99 95 70 82 73
93 67 61 57 74
72 77 71 81 83

Ten Years Ago
56 77 75 76 59
74 51 89 55 79
67 77 69 91 68
90 65 79 69 79
87 86 98 91 95

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Given the following data:

This year :

35, 45, 53, 57, 61, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 83, 87, 90, 93, 95, 99

Mean = ΣX / n = 1825 / 25 = 73

The mode = 71 ( most frequently occurring)

Median = 1/2(n+1)th term = 1/(26) = 13th term

Median = 73

10 years ago :

51, 55, 56, 59, 65, 67, 68, 69, 69, 74, 75, 76, 77, 77, 79, 79, 79, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 91, 95, 98

Mean = ΣX / n = 1902 / 25 = 76.08

The mode = 79 ( most frequently occurring)

Median = 1/2(n+1)th term = 1/(26) = 13th term

Median = 77

According to the computed statistics, we can conclude that, today is worse than the past as the average score which is almost similar to the median value is higher 10 years ago and the modal score is better 10 years ago as well.