09-05-2009, 08:36 AM
Could anyone please give a proper explanation for this question. I searched everywhere where half the people picked A and half picked B. The given answer is B. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Note: Please look at the graph/figure in the nbme as I couldn't copy and paste that here.
49. As a part of a study to determine factors influencing mortality in an intensive care unit, serum creatinine concentrations (in mg/dL) are obtained from 10 consecutive patients at the time of admission to the intensive care unit. The results are shown in the graph. Which of the following statements regarding the sizes of the mean, median, and mode of the serum creatinine values is correct?
A. The mean is larger than the median
B. The median is larger than the mean
C. The median is larger than the mode
D. The mode is larger than the median
E. The mean, median, and mode cannot be determined because the distribution is not normal (gaussian)
Note: Please look at the graph/figure in the nbme as I couldn't copy and paste that here.
49. As a part of a study to determine factors influencing mortality in an intensive care unit, serum creatinine concentrations (in mg/dL) are obtained from 10 consecutive patients at the time of admission to the intensive care unit. The results are shown in the graph. Which of the following statements regarding the sizes of the mean, median, and mode of the serum creatinine values is correct?
A. The mean is larger than the median
B. The median is larger than the mean
C. The median is larger than the mode
D. The mode is larger than the median
E. The mean, median, and mode cannot be determined because the distribution is not normal (gaussian)