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Income Data — Quiz

Question 5 • Financial Math

In which scenario would the median be a more appropriate measure of central tendency due to skewed data?

Answer
A
Weekly allowances of five students: 10 dollars, 12 dollars, 13 dollars, 15 dollars, 20 dollars.
B
Money earned from selling old textbooks: 5 dollars, 7 dollars, 8 dollars, 10 dollars, 18 dollars.
C
Earnings from a summer job of five students: 200 dollars, , 230 dollars, 240 dollars, 1 dollars comma 300.
D
Earnings from a weekend bake sale by five students: 30 dollars, 35 dollars, 37 dollars, 40 dollars, 42 dollars.

Explanation

The $1,300 summer-job earning is much larger than the other listed amounts, which are around $200–$240. This high value would pull the mean upward, so the median better represents a typical student's earnings. The other sets are more evenly grouped and do not show such an extreme value.

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