The durations (minutes) of 26 electric power outages in the community of Sonando Heights over the past five years are shown below.     37 50 23 67 25 13 55 14 49 3 13 41 42 101 30 17 12 52 21 2 17 27 91 26 14 20         Click here for the Excel Data File   (a) Find the mean, median, and mode. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

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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.
 

 
37 50 23 67 25 13 55 14 49 3 13 41 42
101 30 17 12 52 21 2 17 27 91 26 14 20
 
 

 

 
 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?
  
multiple choice 3
  • Yes
  • No

 
(d) Is the distribution skewed?
  
multiple choice 4
  • Yes, the distribution is skewed left.
  • No, the distribution is symmetric.
  • Yes, the distribution is skewed right.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Mean: The mean is the sum of observations divided by the number of observations. that is,

Mean = x = Sum of the observationNumber of onservation
Notations:

The sample mean = x and

Population mean = μ

Median: The median is the value of the middlemost observation in the data set when the observation is arranged in increasing (or decreasing) order of their values.

The formula for median:

Statistics homework question answer, step 1, image 1

Mode: The mode is the value that is repeated maximum times.

we can denote it by Mo.

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