Suppose We Have a Data Set of the Number of Car

question 50

Essay

Suppose we have a data set of the number of car accidents per day in Los Angeles during the year 2013. The data was input into a spreadsheet manually by an assistant at the Department of Transportation. For one day in July 2013, he input that there were 1500 car accidents; but there were actually only 150 that day. How will this error affect the measures of center for this data?

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Definitions:

Contributing Factor

An element that plays a part in causing a situation or outcome.

Circumstantial Factor

An element or condition that affects a situation but is not a direct cause; often considered in evaluations or analysis of outcomes.

Medians

The middle value of a data set when it is ordered from least to greatest, or the line in geometry that divides a figure into two equal parts.

Frequencies

The rate at which a vibration occurs that constitutes a wave, either in material (as in sound waves) or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light).