Please help me Predict if the mean is greater than, less than, or approximately equal to the median. Explain your reasoning.
Which measure of center—the mean or the median—better describes a typical value for the following distributions? Backpack weights of 55 sixth-grade students
A dot plot for “backpack weights in kilograms.” The numbers 0 through 16, in increments of 2, are indicated. The data are as follows: 0 kilograms, 4 dots; 1 kilogram, 7 dots; 2 kilograms, 9 dots; 3 kilograms, 12 dots; 4 kilograms, 7 dots; 5 kilograms, 6 dots; 6 kilograms, 3 dots; 7 kilograms, 3 dots; 8 kilograms, 2 dots; 9 kilogram, 1 dot; 16 kilograms, 1 dot.