College student Sandy Hudson asked a group of college students the total number of traffic accidents they had been in as drivers. The histograms are shown, and the table displays some descriptive statistics.

Women€™s Driving Accidents

a. Refer to the histograms. If we wish to compare the typical numbers of accidents for these men and women, should we compare the means or the medians? Why?
b. Write a sentence or two comparing the distributions of numbers of accidents for men and women in context.

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Men's Driving Accidents 10 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 Number of Driving Accidents 6- 5- 3- 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 Number of Accidents Minitab Statistics: Men, Women Variable N ean StDev Min Hedian 03 Max Men Wonen 221.864 2.210 0.00 0.00 1.50 2.25 10.00 20 0.850 0.988 0.00 0.00 0.505 2.00 3.00