Which of the choices below best describes how to measure the center of this data?

Question

The table shows data from a survey about the number of times families eat at restaurants during a week. The families are either from Rome, Italy or New York, New York:

MaximumMinimumQ1Q3IQRMedianMeanσ
Rome	16	0	3	13	10	8.5	8	5.4
New York	20	1	4.5	6	1.5	5.5	7.25	5.4

Which of the choices below best describes how to measure the center of this data? (5 points)

Group of answer choices

a.Both centers are best described with the mean.

b.Both centers are best described with the median.

c.The Rome data center is best described by the mean. The New York data center is best described by the median.

d.The Rome data center is best described by the median. The New York data center is best described by the mean.

Answer 1

Rome's mean = 7.9875

Rome's median = 8.25

NYC's mean = 6.39375

NYC's median = 5.45

the distribution is skewed, with means > medians, as major outliers make the means less reliable

outliers skew the mean, and may be unreliable or even impossible, so sometimes they're rejected entirely. the 20 and 21 in particular

median both both is the best center for the cities