The number of bagels sold daily for two bakeries is shown in the table. Bakery A Bakery 45, 52, 51, 48, 57, 30, 55, 46 Bakery B 48, 42, 11, 45, 57, 10, 43, 46 based on these data, is it better to describe the centers of distribution in terms of the mean or the median? Why? Select the correct answer below.

A.) mean, because there are no outliers to affect the data

B.) mean, because the distribution is symmetric or both bakeries

C.) median comma because the distributions for both bakeries are not symmetric

D.) median, because the presence of an outlier affect the data

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Rylan Stanley

Mathematics

16 December, 09:45

The number of bagels sold daily for two bakeries is shown in the table. Bakery A Bakery 45, 52, 51, 48, 57, 30, 55, 46 Bakery B 48, 42, 11, 45, 57, 10, 43, 46 based on these data, is it better to describe the centers of distribution in terms of the mean or the median? Why? Select the correct answer below.

A.) mean, because there are no outliers to affect the data

B.) mean, because the distribution is symmetric or both bakeries

C.) median comma because the distributions for both bakeries are not symmetric

D.) median, because the presence of an outlier affect the data

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Matthew Hicks · Answer 1

Answer: D.) median, because the presence of an outlier affect the data

Step-by-step explanation:

We can see that there is an outlier in data of Bakery A (30) and in bakery B (10) which is extremely small from all the values.

To measure the center of tendency we measure one of three things arranged in ascending order:

Mode< Median
But mean gets affected by outlier value.

Then the best measure of center for this data set must be Median.

Hence, the best measure of center for these data sets is median.

Karly Owens · Answer 2

D-median, because the presence of an outlier affect the data