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Help with statistical word problem?
A, B, C are teammates playing “Win, Lose, or Draw” (gameshow). They need exactly 10 points to win and must choose who will draw next. A has a mean of 10 pts, B has a median of 10 pts, and C has a mode of 10 pts. Which one should draw to have the best chance of winning? a,b,c, or any of the three?
I’m really rusty on standard deviation (Summer vacation blues). Can someone please give me a walkthrough or advice on how to solve such a problem?
The idea here is to maximize the chances of winning. So you want to choose a player that is most likely to get 10 points.
Consider player A with a mean (average) score of 10. The mean is simply the average. It is not always the value most likely to occur except in specific cases. Since you have no information indicating that any of these cases are valid, it’s time to move on.
Now consider player B with a median score of 10. The median is simply the middle value of all the scores. It is also the 50 percentile. Thus the median is the value that you’ll get half the time. That is the toss of a fair coin.
Last but not least, consider player C. His mode of score is 10. The mode is the value most likely to occur. Since 10 is the winning score, you want to use a player whose luck is such that he or she will draw a 10. Since player C draws 10 the most often, then player C is the one you want.
Another way of saying this is to note that player C *is not the weakest link*.
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