{"id":431,"date":"2022-07-11T16:41:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T16:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=431"},"modified":"2022-07-11T16:46:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T16:46:38","slug":"calculating-the-mean-and-median-of-a-data-set-background-youll-need-4","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/chapter\/calculating-the-mean-and-median-of-a-data-set-background-youll-need-4\/","title":{"raw":"Calculating the Mean and Median of a Data Set: Background You'll Need 4","rendered":"Calculating the Mean and Median of a Data Set: Background You&#8217;ll Need 4"},"content":{"raw":"<h2 id=\"CompareDotplot\">Comparing Groups with Histograms<\/h2>\r\nThe following graph compares the distribution of per capita CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions between two groups: countries in Central and South America and countries in Europe.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-987\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5738\/2022\/01\/11190644\/Picture23-300x158.png\" alt=\"Two histograms are shown. In the first histogram, it shows the per capita CO2 Emission in metric tons (x-axis) and the number of Central and South American countries that produce those amounts of emissions. 14 countries emitted between 0 and 2 metric tons. 9 countries emitted between 2 and 4 metric tons. 8 countries emitted between 4 and 6 metric tons. 4 countries emitted between 6 to 8 metric tons. 1 country emitted between 8 and 10 metric tons. 2 countries emitted between 10 and 12 metric tons. In the second histogram, it shows the per capita CO2 Emission in metric tons (x-axis) and the number of European countries that produce those amounts of emissions. 1 country emitted between 0 and 2 metric tons. 4 countries emitted between 2 and 4 metric tons. 7 countries emitted between 4 and 6 metric tons. 7 countries emitted between 6 and 8 metric tons. 9 countries emitted between 8 and 10 metric tons. 1 country emitted between 10 and 12 metric tons. 2 countries emitted 12 or more metric tons.\" width=\"879\" height=\"463\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>question 13<\/h3>\r\n[ohm_question hide_question_numbers=1]240961[\/ohm_question]\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"347026\"]Hint[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"347026\"]What do <em>you\u00a0<\/em>think?[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>question 14<\/h3>\r\n[ohm_question hide_question_numbers=1]240963[\/ohm_question]\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"708487\"]Hint[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"708487\"]What do <em>you\u00a0<\/em>think?[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nIf you feel comfortable reading, interpreting, and comparing histograms, please move on to the next section and activity.","rendered":"<h2 id=\"CompareDotplot\">Comparing Groups with Histograms<\/h2>\n<p>The following graph compares the distribution of per capita CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions between two groups: countries in Central and South America and countries in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-987\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5738\/2022\/01\/11190644\/Picture23-300x158.png\" alt=\"Two histograms are shown. In the first histogram, it shows the per capita CO2 Emission in metric tons (x-axis) and the number of Central and South American countries that produce those amounts of emissions. 14 countries emitted between 0 and 2 metric tons. 9 countries emitted between 2 and 4 metric tons. 8 countries emitted between 4 and 6 metric tons. 4 countries emitted between 6 to 8 metric tons. 1 country emitted between 8 and 10 metric tons. 2 countries emitted between 10 and 12 metric tons. In the second histogram, it shows the per capita CO2 Emission in metric tons (x-axis) and the number of European countries that produce those amounts of emissions. 1 country emitted between 0 and 2 metric tons. 4 countries emitted between 2 and 4 metric tons. 7 countries emitted between 4 and 6 metric tons. 7 countries emitted between 6 and 8 metric tons. 9 countries emitted between 8 and 10 metric tons. 1 country emitted between 10 and 12 metric tons. 2 countries emitted 12 or more metric tons.\" width=\"879\" height=\"463\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>question 13<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ohm240961\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/ohm.lumenlearning.com\/multiembedq.php?id=240961&theme=oea&iframe_resize_id=ohm240961\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q347026\">Hint<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q347026\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">What do <em>you\u00a0<\/em>think?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>question 14<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ohm240963\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/ohm.lumenlearning.com\/multiembedq.php?id=240963&theme=oea&iframe_resize_id=ohm240963\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q708487\">Hint<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q708487\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">What do <em>you\u00a0<\/em>think?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you feel comfortable reading, interpreting, and comparing histograms, please move on to the next section and activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17533,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-431","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":20,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/431\/revisions\/433"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/20"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/431\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/alphamodule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}