Review the mean, standard deviation, and 5-number summary of the trainees' exam scores below. You can also review the individualexam scoresand functions used to calculate the descriptive analyses in Excel if desired. (The individual exam scores are provided below needed )

Trainee Number	Score
Trainee 1	83
Trainee 2	82
Trainee 3	18
Trainee 4	93
Trainee 5	68
Trainee 6	96
Trainee 7	74
Trainee 8	67
Trainee 9	93
Trainee 10	98
Trainee 11	82
Trainee 12	62
Trainee 13	85
Trainee 14	78
Trainee 15	64
Trainee 16	82
Trainee 17	83
Trainee 18	93
Trainee 19	79
Trainee 20	70
Trainee 21	27
Trainee 22	78
Trainee 23	99
Trainee 24	58
mean	75.5
standard deviation	19.57
min	18
Q1	67.75
median	80.5
Q3	87
max	99

• Mean: 75.5
• Standard Deviation: 19.57
• Minimum: 18
• Quartile 1: 67.75
• Median: 80.5
• Quartile 3: 87
• Maximum: 99

Respond to the following:

• Would you prefer to use the mean or the median in this dataset's measure of central tendency? Why?
• Based on this training class's scores, what scores do you think should be considered for completion, remediation, and termination? How did you come to that conclusion?
• Do you think that these scores should be the threshold for all training classes? Why or why not?

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

Mean vs Median In this dataset the mean score is 755 while the median is 805 The mean is affected by extreme values such as the lowest score of 18 and ... View the full answer