In: Statistics and Probability
Teacher Data Using the table of random numbers, select 10 states and find the mean of the average teacher's pay and the mean of the pupils per teacher. How do your results compare with the U.S. figures?
of U.S. Public Schools
State | Pupils per Teacher | Teacher's Avg. Pay |
---|---|---|
AL | 16.0 | $47,571 |
AK | 14.9 | 59,672 |
AZ | 18.9 | 46,952 |
AR | 12.7 | 14,700 |
CA | 21.4 | 68,203 |
CO | 17.0 | 49,202 |
CT | 13.2 | 64,350 |
DE | 14.4 | 57,080 |
FL | 15.9 | 46,708 |
GA | 14.4 | 53,112 |
HI | 15.2 | 55,063 |
ID | 18.2 | 46,283 |
IL | 14.9 | 62,077 |
IN | 16.7 | 49,986 |
IA | 13.8 | 49,626 |
KS | 13.7 | 46,657 |
KY | 15.8 | 49,543 |
LA | 14.0 | 48,903 |
ME | 11.1 | 46,106 |
MD | 14.3 | 63,971 |
MA | 13.6 | 69,273 |
MI | 17.1 | 57,958 |
MN | 15.4 | 52,431 |
MS | 31.9 | 45,644 |
MO | 13.3 | 45,317 |
MT | 13.4 | 45,759 |
NE | 13.4 | 46,227 |
NV | 18.5 | 51,524 |
NH | 12.7 | 51,443 |
NJ | 12.0 | 65,130 |
NM | 14.9 | 46,258 |
NY | 11.8 | 71,633 |
NC | 14.8 | 46,850 |
ND | 12.1 | 42,964 |
OH | 17.1 | 55,958 |
OK | 15.5 | 47,691 |
OR | 18.7 | 55,224 |
PA | 14.0 | 59,156 |
RI | 13.0 | 59,686 |
SC | 14.8 | 47,508 |
SD | 13.4 | 38,837 |
TN | 14.7 | 46,290 |
TX | 14.5 | 48,261 |
UT | 22.4 | 45,885 |
VT | 9.8 | 49,084 |
VA | 11.7 | 50,015 |
WA | 19.3 | 53,003 |
WV | 14.3 | 45,959 |
WI | 14.8 | 51,264 |
WY | 12.3 | 55,861 |
U.S. | 15.3 | 55,202 |
The mean of the average teacher's pay and the mean of the pupils per teacher for the first ten data sets are calculated
Mean of average Teacher's pay = (sum of all teacher's avg pay for first 10)/(number of number of teacher's avg pay)
this gives
Mean of average teacher's pay =(47571+59672+46952+14700+68203+49202+64350+57080+46708+53112)/10=507550/10
this gives us the Mean of average teacher's pay = $50755
Similarly, mean of pupils per teacher = (sum of pupils per teacher for first 10)/(number of pupils per teacher)
setting the data
we get
mean of pupils per teacher = (16+14.9+18.9+12.7+21.4+17+13.2+14.4+15.9+14.4)/10 = 158.8/10
on solving, we get
mean of pupils per teacher = 15.88
It can be seen that these means for average teacher's pay and number of pupils per teacher are very similar to the US records because there is not much difference the means calculated and given US records.