Part I -Explain in your own words the purpose of calculating measures of central tendency for a data set. Provide one (1) example.

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Part I -Explain in your own words the purpose of calculating measures of central tendency for a data set. Provide one (1) example.

Part II- Explains the concept of bias, related to the mean, mode, and median.

Part III-If you were allowed to choose between the mean, the median, or the mode to calculate the measures to make a decision on a data set, which of the three measures would you use and why?

Part IV-Using the data below, compute the mean, mode, and median: 67, 98, 87, 95, 93, 88, 90, 62, 71, 99.

Part v-Find the first and third quartiles for a week's temperatures from last year's summer, expressed in degrees Fahrenheit: 82, 90, 93, 88, 91, 96, 87.

Part VI-Below is a table of frequencies. Find the mean, mode, and median. Frequency Limits (f) 110-115 15 116-121 22 122-127 19 128-133 20 134-139 9 140-145 21 146-151 11

Part VII- Below are the weight (pounds) data for a group of babies born at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital last month: 5.8, 7.5, 8.0, 6.0, 7.3, 8.1, 6.4, 7.3, 7.2, 6.1, 5.8, 5.7, 6.4, 7.3, 7.0, 7.3, 6.2, 4.8, 5.1, 6.9. Calculate the following values:

a) average

b) fashion

c) median

d) average travel

e) middle axis

f) Q1

g) Q3

h) P42

i) P89

Part VIII -With the data below, prepare a box graph (summary of five (5) numbers): 114, 90, 85, 123, 98, 78, 69, 85, 99, 111, 77, 83, 71, 69, 93 .

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