Eric is comparing the credit scores of his friends. The scores he gathered are found in the table below. 588 838 691 818 846 725
605 732 750 Among this batch of credit scores, find whether the mean or the median is higher, and how much higher it is. (Round to the nearest whole point, if applicable.) a. The mean is 113 points higher than the median. b. The mean is 1 point higher than the median. c. The median is 15 points higher than the mean. d. The median is 8 points higher than the mean.
The problem tells us we should round to the nearest point, so our mean credit score is 733.
To find the median, we need to order the data from lowest to highest and find out which credit score(s) are right in the middle. If there are 2 in the middle, we simply should add them and divide by 2 to get our median. An easy way to do this is after you order them, you simply cross off one on each side until there is only 1 (or 2) left.
