Question

What percentage of the general us population have bachelor's degrees? the statistical abstract of the united states (120th edition), gives the percentage of bachelor's degrees by state. for convenience, the data are sorted in increasing order. 17, 18, 18, 18, 19, 20, 20, 20, 21, 21 21, 21, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 23, 23 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 25, 26 26, 26, 26, 26, 26, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27 28, 28, 29, 31, 31, 32, 32, 34, 35, 38?

Answer 1

In any given set of data, the best form of representation of the center value is by getting the average. In this case, to get the percentage of the US general population who has Bachelors degree, we sum up the percentage per state then divide it with the total number of states.

By calculation, the average is 24.76%.