The following table includes data on the number of square kilometers of

the more substantial islands of the Galapagos Archipelago. (There are

actually many more islands if you count all the small volcanic rock
outcroppings as islands.)

Island Approximate Area (sq. km)

Baltra 8
Darwin 1.1
Española 60
Fernandina 642
Floreana 173
Genovesa 14
Isabela 4640
Marchena 130
North Seymour 1.9
Pinta 60
Pinzón 18
Rabida 4.9
San Cristóbal 558
Santa Cruz 986
Santa Fe 24
Santiago 585
South Plaza 0.13
Wolf 1.3

A. Calculate each of the following for the above data:

Mode

Data: 0.13,1.1,1.3,1.9,4.9,8,14,18,24,60,60,130,173,558,585,642,986,4640.

Mean

18

Data: 0.13,1.1,1.3,1.9,4.9,8,14,18,24,60,60,130,173,558,585,642,986,4640 =7907.33

7907.33= 439.2961
18
Median

Data: 0.13,1.1,1.3,1.9,4.9,8,14,18,24,60,60,130,173,558,585,642,986,4640 =7907.33

24+60 = 84 = 42
2 2
Upper quartile

Data: 0.13,1.1,1.3,1.9,4.9,8,14,18,24,60,60,130,173,558,585,642,986,4640 =7907.33

3(18+1) = 3.19 = 57 = 14.25

4 4 4

Lower quartile

Data: 0.13,1.1,1.3,1.9,4.9,8,14,18,24,60,60,130,173,558,585,642,986,4640 =7907.33

18+1 = 19 = 4.75
4 4
B. Explain why the mean is so much larger than the median in the context of
this data.

The mean is much larger than the median because the mean is calculated by
adding the values and dividing by the number of terms, so the result is greater than
the median.