Mildly Amusing Statistical Card Game: Example Hand

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Example Hand

Hand 1

playing card playing card playing card playing card playing card



Scoring

Range:

playing card minus playing card gives 7

Mode:

playing card playing card so mode is 6

Median:

playing card is the middle card,so score is 6

Mean:

2 + 4 + 6 + 6 + 9 = 27
27/5 = 5.4, so score is 5.4

Total Score for Hand 1:

7 + 6 + 6 + 5.4 = 24.4 so score is 24.4


Hand 2

playing card playing card playing card playing card

Scoring

Range:

playing card minus playing card gives 9


Mode:

playing card playing card so mode is 10



Median:

playing card is the middle card,so score is 7

Mean:

1 + 5 + 7 + 10 + 10 = 33
33/5 = 5.4, so score is 6.6

Total Score for Hand 2:

9 + 10 + 7 + 6.6 = 32.6 so score is 32.6


Hand 1: 24.4; Hand 2: 32:6 so Hand 2 is the winner