Question $2$

$[5$ marks$]$

The table below shows the number of patient visits by month in an outpatient clinic during the last year. You are hoping to use this information to decide whether you have adequate staffing for the clinic.

$\backslash$table$[[$Month$,$Number of Visits$],[$January$,320],[$February$,410],[$March$,454],[$April$,328],[$May$,560],[$June$,494],[$July$,2800],[$August$,596],[$September$,475],[$October$,391],[$November$,430],[$December$,458]]$

a$)$ What is the mean number of patient visits per month? $[1$ mark$]$

Answer:

b$)$ You take the mean figure above to the hospital director to support your case that you need more staff. The director, however, disputes this claim based on another measure of central tendency. What is $($i$)$ the name and $($ii$)$ the value of the statistic the director is referring to$?$

marks$]$

Name of the statistic:

Value of the statistic: