1. Discuss why a public manager should understand descriptive statisticsusing a specific example. Do not use examples from the Meier textbook. Please use an example from your workplace if possible or use an example from the field of public or non-profit administration.

2. Use the NU Online Library to find an article published in the 21st century of using the mean (average) in the field of public or non-profit administration. In this article, find an example of the mean (average), e.g., "The averagetime spent in jail from booking to trial in Superior Court was 47 days." As you recall from descriptive statistics, the mean is exactly the same as the arithmetic average. Do not use percentages - they are not means or averages.

• Report the mean (average) as a number, e.g., "the average was 47 days" in the context of how it was used in the article. Do not report percentages. The mean is the arithmetic average of all the raw data in the sample.
• Discuss how this mean (average) was used in the article in the field of public or non-profit administration in your own words.
• Provide the (APA citation and APA reference for the article.)
• Provide the URL that links to this article in the NU Library.
• The University has online librarians who can assist you in finding a suitable article from our Library. Please refer to Announcementsregarding your online librarian, David Feare.