Step 1: Describing and analyzing the data Sixth-grade students completed a random survey to determine how many songs each
student has downloaded to his/her media player in the past two months. The data
gathered is represented in the table below.
Music Downloads by Sixth Graders
Respondent
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Girls
50
32
15
56
81
50
18
81
22
55
Boys
75
41
25
22
7
0
43
12
45
70
a) Compute the measures of center for both the boys and girls data. Describe their
differences. Use the terms mean and median to justify your answer. (3 points)