Table 2.18 shows the number of women (per 1000) between 15 and 44 years of age who
Question:
Table 2.18 shows the number of women (per 1000) between 15 and 44 years of age who have been married grouped by the number of children they have had. Table 2.19 gives the same information for women who have never been married.
Table 2.18
Number of Children...........................Women per 1000
0......................................................................162
1......................................................................190
2......................................................................290
3......................................................................289
4........................................................................48
5+......................................................................21
Table 2.19
Number of Children.........................Women per 1000
0 ......................................................................791
1 ......................................................................108
2 ........................................................................53
3.........................................................................29
4 ........................................................................12
5+ .......................................................................7
(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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