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The following table shows results of a quality inspection of a lot of 15 mirrors.

The difference between the median number of defects and the average number of defects in the sample checked is between:

A. -1 and 0
B. 0 and 0.5
C. 0.5 and 1
D. 1 and 1.5
E. 1.5 and 2
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The following table shows results of a quality inspection of a lot of 15 mirrors.

The difference between the median number of defects and the average number of defects in the sample checked is between:

A. -1 and 0
B. 0 and 0.5
C. 0.5 and 1
D. 1 and 1.5
E. 1.5 and 2

Sort the observations of the number of defects: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4

The median is the middle term, which is 2.

The average can be calculated as follows: $$\frac{0*6 + 1*1 + 2*4 + 3*3 + 4*1}{15} = \frac{22}{15}$$

The difference between the median and the average is $$2 -\frac{22}{15} = \frac{8}{15} = 0.53$$.

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11 Jan 2016, 14:23
I think this is a poor-quality question and I agree with explanation. This does not seem like a 700 level question.
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20 Mar 2018, 05:56
Bunuel wrote:
Official Solution:

The following table shows results of a quality inspection of a lot of 15 mirrors.

The difference between the median number of defects and the average number of defects in the sample checked is between:

A. -1 and 0
B. 0 and 0.5
C. 0.5 and 1
D. 1 and 1.5
E. 1.5 and 2

Sort the observations of the number of defects: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4

The median is the middle term, which is 2.

The average can be calculated as follows: $$\frac{0*6 + 1*1 + 2*4 + 3*3 + 4*1}{15} = \frac{22}{15}$$

The difference between the median and the average is $$2 -\frac{22}{15} = \frac{8}{15} = 0.53$$.

Hi Bunnel,

The question asks the difference between Median and average number of defects ..I believe it should be just average or average of defects ..(No average number number of defects--gets me into thinking its the average of sum of frequency..)
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