Task 3: Fill in the following chart concerning the measures of center for the va
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Task 3: Fill in the following chart concerning the measures of center for the variables:
Variable
Best Measure of Center
Explain Why
Country
Infant Mortality (per 1000 live births)
Mean
The data is in numbers
Health Expenditure per capita
Obesity Rate
Average Income
Median
The data is in dollars therefore the measurement is the average.
Suicides per 100,000
Life Expectancy
Universal Health Care
Diabetes Rate
Leading Cause of Death
Hospital Beds per 100,000
Variable
Best Measure of Center
Explain Why
Country
Infant Mortality (per 1000 live births)
Mean
The data is in numbers
Health Expenditure per capita
Obesity Rate
Average Income
Median
The data is in dollars therefore the measurement is the average.
Suicides per 100,000
Life Expectancy
Universal Health Care
Diabetes Rate
Leading Cause of Death
Hospital Beds per 100,000
Explanation / Answer
Variable
Best Measure of Center
Explain Why
Country
Infant Mortality (per 1000 live births)
Mean
The data is in numbers
Health Expenditure per capita
Obesity Rate
Average Income
Median
The data is in dollars therefore the measurement is the average.
Suicides per 100,000
Life Expectancy
Universal Health Care
Diabetes Rate
Leading Cause of Death
Hospital Beds per 100,000
Variable
Best Measure of Center
Explain Why
Country
Mode as data cannot be logically order and not in numbers so median and mean cann't be used. hence, choose the most common occuring valueInfant Mortality (per 1000 live births)
Mean
The data is in numbers
Health Expenditure per capita
Mean the data is in numbers and it will take care of outliers since it uses all the values in dataObesity Rate
Median the data is in the unit of rate, thus the measurement is the average.Average Income
Median
The data is in dollars therefore the measurement is the average.
Suicides per 100,000
Mean the data is in numbers and average will calculated using all valuesLife Expectancy
median we need 50th percentile value which is given by medianUniversal Health Care
mode categorical data so choose most common valueDiabetes Rate
median it has a unit of rates and we need 50th percentile value which is given by medianLeading Cause of Death
mode choose the most common occuring value i.e. most common causeHospital Beds per 100,000
Mean the data is in numbers and average will calculated using all valuesRelated Questions
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