Question

5. Consider the following data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime regarding homicide rates per 100,000 people in the following rather haphazardly chosen countries.

Australia	1.0
Canada	1.4
China	1.0
Cuba	4.5
Czech Republic	1.0
Israel	2.0
Jamaica	52.6
Japan	0.4
Norway	0.6
Pakistan	7.6
Switzerland	0.7
United States of America	4.7

5a. What is the mean number homicides per 100,000 people in these countries?

5b. What is the median number of homicides per 100,000 people in these countries?

5c. Why are the mean and the median so different in this dataset? In this case, which is more indicative of most people’s experiences across these countries, the mean or the median and why?

Answer 1