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Contrasting the median and mean
This activity is designed to help students distinguish between means and medians in symmetric and skewed data sets.
The Contrasting Medians and Means: Student Worksheet allows students to collect their own data sets, or they can use the data provided in Contrasting Medians and Means: Data.
You can also download the accompanying Contrasting Medians and Means: Teacher Notes.
The activity asks students to plot data in stacked dot plots, and compare and contrast the various measures of centre.
A similar activity using Australian prime ministers' heights and Mark Taylor's first innings scores is explained in Mean, Median and Mode.
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