Part A: Differentiate between measures of annual income. Is it better to describe a region’s ‘typical’ standard of living based on mean annual income measures? If not, what would you suggest as a better descriptive statistic? Part B: Differentiate between income and wealth. Why is income data so prevalent while wealth data so rare? Finally, explain two different methods of measuring wealth.
Part A: Differentiate between measures of annual income. Is it better to describe a region’s ‘typical’ standard of living based on mean annual income measures? If not, what would you suggest as a better descriptive statistic? Part B: Differentiate between income and wealth. Why is income data so prevalent while wealth data so rare? Finally, explain two different methods of measuring wealth.
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Part A: Differentiate between measures of annual income. Is it better to describe a region’s ‘typical’ standard of living based on mean annual income measures? If not, what would you suggest as a better descriptive statistic?
Part B: Differentiate between income and wealth. Why is income data so prevalent while wealth data so rare? Finally, explain two different methods of measuring wealth.
![Consider the following set of unadjusted annual household income values (total
income before taxes) and their respective household sizes:
Income
Household Size
24480
1
32528
2.
34021
1.
36816
43785
4
46628
1
53226
55854
58634
3
64263
3.
70416
72020
74730
78109
78710
4.
81711
3.
82511
83122
94725
98188
3230NN](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F5f799239-bf75-4c8c-a88f-30febcc0c4a0%2Fc607745f-1c06-40da-b86c-aa2f9be821ef%2Fqawweo_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the following set of unadjusted annual household income values (total
income before taxes) and their respective household sizes:
Income
Household Size
24480
1
32528
2.
34021
1.
36816
43785
4
46628
1
53226
55854
58634
3
64263
3.
70416
72020
74730
78109
78710
4.
81711
3.
82511
83122
94725
98188
3230NN
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