Week 2 of CeDO 540

For the past couple weeks we were investigating how to use mean, median and mode as well as learning about different surveys that are available for use.  Though I'm not thrilled about averages, I did learn a few new things the past few weeks.  I think it was useful to think about what numbers to look at depending on what topic your are talking about.  For example, for a group assignment we had to explain what group of numbers we would look at if we were assessing the value of our home.  It would be a good idea to take the mean for the most part because that tends to give an accurate number of where our home would be priced.  However, if there are a few homes that are on the higher or lower end of the spectrum, that can skew it a little.    When looking at surveys, our group felt you really need to have a pay per month plan if you were going to truly benefit from the survey site.  The free plans usually do not offer you as many questions to send out or have a limited number of surveys that you can send.   I felt it was really hard to say exactly which survey sites to use since there are so many of them, but Survey Monkey does seem like a popular and reliable service.