Read Stephen Jay Gould's short piece, "The median isn't the message."

a. Description: Describe the problem Gould confronted, and what he then wanted to know about his problem.

b. Analysis: His doctor provided him with information on the median of a population. Explain why for Gould "the median was not the message". Explain what was wrong with the median, and what instead Gould wanted to know, and why. (Why does the median fail to tell him what he wants to know?)

c. Extrapolation: Describe some other occasion when you also would not find the median very helpful, but rather would want some other statistic, Explain the situation and your reasoning.