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Author: BRASE
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Chapter 3.1, Problem 13P

Critical Thinking Consider the numbers

2 3 4 5 5

  1. a) Compute the mode, median, and mean.
  2. b) If the numbers represent codes for the colors of T-shirts ordered from a catalog, which average(s) would make sense?
  3. c) If the numbers represent one-way mileages for trails to different lakes, which average(s) would make sense?
  4. d) Suppose the numbers represent survey responses from 1 to 5, with 1 = disagree strongly, 2 = disagree, 3 = agree, 4 = agree strongly, and 5 = agree very strongly. Which averages make sense?
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