Mayra Martinez Cortez

May 12th, 2023

Assignment 1: Central Tendency Measures

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.)

(a) Calculate each of the following for the above data:

(i) mode Mode 60
(ii) mean
(iii) median Mean = 7907,33 / 18 = 439,30
(iv) upper quartile QSS Median = (60+24) / 2 = 42
(v) lower quartile Q1

Approximate Approximate
Island Island
Area (sq. km) Area (sq. km)
Baltra 8,00 1 South Plaza 0,13
Darwin 1,10 2 Darwin 1,10
Española 60,00 + 3 Wolf 1,30
Fernandina 642,00 4 North Seymour 1,90
Floreana 173,00 5 Rabida 4,90 Q1
Genovesa 14,00 6 Baltra 8,00
Isabela 4640,00 7 Genovesa 14,00
Marchena 130,00 8 Pinzón 18,00
North Seymour 1,90 9 Santa Fe 24,00
Pinta 60,00 + 10 Española 60,00
Pinzón 18,00 11 Pinta 60,00
Rabida 4,90 12 Marchena 130,00
San Cristóbal 558,00 13 Floreana 173,00
Santa Cruz 986,00 14 San Cristóbal 558,00 Q3
Santa Fe 24,00 15 Santiago 585,00
Santiago 585,00 16 Fernandina 642,00
South Plaza 0,13 17 Santa Cruz 986,00
Wolf 1,30 18 Isabela 4640,00
7907,33

0,13 4640,00

(b) Explain why the mean is so much larger than the median in the context of this data.

Because the mean is the sum of all the values of each data, and divided for the number of the data
set, it means the mean uses all the values. And the median of this table only took the data of the center
of the table, in this case #9 Santa Fe and #10 Española, they are added and divided per 2. Besides,
Fernandina, Santa Cruz and Isabela are the largest value.