a compare the means in a sentence or two the means reported

a. compare the means in a sentence or two. the means reported are in thousands of people; round to the nearest thousand.

b. compare the standard deviations in a sentence or two. the standard deviations reported are in thousands of people; round to the nearest thousand.

Solution

a) The mean value of the statistics for the population of east of the mississipi river is greater than that for the population of west of the mississipi river

b) The Variance value of the statistics for the population of east of the mississipi river is smaller (i.e. The values are less epread out from the mean value) than that for the population of west of the mississipi river.