The US Census Bureau, in addition to counting the population of the US every 10 years, conducts yearly informational surveys, such as the American Community Survey (ACS). For the 2012 ACS, a randomly chosen group of 20 respondents (10 males, 10 females) answered a question about their incomes.
Income in dollars for people who identify as female:
| 1,600 | 1,200 | 20,000 | 25,000 | 670 | 29,000 | 44,000 | 30,000 | 5,800 | 50,000 |
Income in dollars for people who identify as male:
| 53,000 | 70,000 | 12,800 | 30,000 | 4,500 | 42,000 | 48,000 | 60,000 | 108,000 | 11,000 |
Find the mean and median of each group.
Compare and contrast the two groups.
Lee et al., Math in Society, §3.3 Summary Statistics: Measures of Center, Exercise 8