Using data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC), a student computes the average amount of money spent in United States Senate races during the 2010 election cycle. The student reports a mean that is significantly more than the median. Why are these two averages different? Which measure of central tendency should the student report?
What will be an ideal response?
The mean and median are likely different due to outliers in the FEC data. It is likely that some candidates spent significantly more money than the average. The student should report the median.
Political Science
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