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Using 8 hypothetical values of sample data, calculate the mean and median. How does the mean differ from the median?

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Using 8 hypothetical values of sample data, calculate the mean and median. How does the mean differ from the median?

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8, 6, 2, 7, 8, 5, 1, 3

Here, we have four different values. In order to get the mean, we need to add them all together first which will give us 40. Then we have to divide that number by the number of values that we have which in this case is 8. When ...

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