Question

chapter 3 displaying and summarizing quantitative data 73 an industry publication reports that the typical movie makes $23.2 million, but a watchdog group concerned with rising ticket prices says that the average earnings are closer to $55.7 million. what statistic do you think each group is using? explain. 36. sick days during contract negotiations, a company seeks to

Explanation:

The industry publication likely uses the median as it represents the middle - value and is less affected by outliers. The distribution of movie gross earnings is likely right - skewed with a few high - grossing blockbusters being outliers. The watchdog group likely uses the mean, which is pulled up by these high - value outliers.

Answer:

The industry publication is likely using the median. The watchdog group is likely using the mean.