A track coach wants to determine an appropriate heart rate for her athletes during their workouts. She

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A track coach wants to determine an appropriate heart rate for her athletes during their workouts. She chooses five of her best runners and asks them to wear heart monitors during a workout. In the middle of the workout, she reads the following heart rates for the five athletes: 130, 135, 140, 145, 325.

Which is a better measure of the average in this case—the mean or the median? Why?

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Statistical Reasoning For Everyday Life

ISBN: 9780321904645

4th International Edition

Authors: Jeffrey Bennett, William L. Briggs, Mario F. Triola

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