Applied Statistics in Business and Economics
Applied Statistics in Business and Economics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780077837303
Author: David Doane, Lori Seward Senior Instructor of Operations Management
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Scores are shown for the most recent state civil service exam taken by 24 applicants for positions in law enforcement. (a) Calculate the mean, median, and mode. (b) Is the distribution skewed? Explain. (c) Is the mode a useful measure of center for this data set?

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