Table 2.24 shows the number of women (per 1000) between 15 and 50 years of age who have been married grouped by the number of children they have had. Table 2.25 gives the same information for women who have never been married. 

(a) Without doing any calculations, which of the two samples appears to have the highest mean number of children? Which of the distributions appears to have the mean most different from the median? Why? 

(b) Find the median for each dataset.

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Table 2.24 Women who have been married Number of Children Women per 1000 0 162 1 213 2 344 182 3 4 5+ 69 32 Table 2.25 Women who have never been married Number of Children Women per 1000 0 752 1 117 72 35 2 3 4 5+ 15 10