Here Are Descriptive Statistics from Excel for Annual Per-Pupil Expenditures

question 113

Essay

Here are descriptive statistics from Excel for annual per-pupil expenditures in 94 Ohio cities and home sizes in a certain neighborhood. Very briefly compare the variability and shape of the two data sets.
$$\begin{array} { l r l r } \hline { \text { Expenditure per Pupil (dollars) } } &&{ \text { Home Size (sqft) } } \\\hline \text { Mean } & 2724.606383 & \text { Mean } & 2231.40857 \\\text { Median } & 2508.5 & \text { Median } & 2217 \\\text { Mode } & 2506 & \text { Mode } & 2117 \\\text { Standard deviation } & 1095.217916 & \text { Standard deviation } & 249.3151 \\\text { Kurtosis } & 43.9989606 & \text { Kurtosis } & 0.52824942 \\\text { Skewness } & 6.260249912 & \text { Skewness } & 0.35668642 \\\text { Range } & 9310 & \text { Range } & 1315.4 \\\text { Minimum } & 1916 & \text { Minimum } & 1593 \\\text { Maximum } & 11226 & \text { Maximum } & 2908 \\\text { Count } & 94 & \text { Count } & 105 \\\hline\end{array}$$

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