The durations (minutes) of 26 electric power outages in the community of Sonando Heights over the past five years are shown below.     34 48 25 66 24 9 58 10 52 4 16 47 40 100 32 18 13 49 22 4 17 25 89 28 14 19     %media:excel.png% Click here for the Excel Data File   (a) Find the mean, median, and mode. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)    Descriptive Statistics Data   Mean     Median     Mode         (b) Are the mean and median about the same?      (Click to select)   Yes   No  , the mean is   (Click to select)   greater than   less than  the median.   (c) Is the mode a good measure of center for this data set?    Yes No   (d) Is the distribution skewed?    Yes, the distribution is skewed right. Yes, the distribution is skewed left. No, the distribution is symmetric.

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The durations (minutes) of 26 electric power outages in the community of Sonando Heights over the past five years are shown below.
 

 
34 48 25 66 24 9 58 10 52 4 16 47 40
100 32 18 13 49 22 4 17 25 89 28 14 19
 

 

%media:excel.png% Click here for the Excel Data File
 
(a)
 Find the mean, median, and mode(Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
  

Descriptive Statistics Data  
Mean    
Median    
Mode    
 

 
(b) Are the mean and median about the same?
  
  (Click to select)   Yes   No  , the mean is   (Click to select)   greater than   less than  the median.
 
(c) Is the mode a good measure of center for this data set?
  

  • Yes
  • No


 
(d) Is the distribution skewed?
  

  • Yes, the distribution is skewed right.
  • Yes, the distribution is skewed left.
  • No, the distribution is symmetric.
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