The durations (minutes) of 26 electric power outages in the community of Sonando Heights over the past five years are shown below.   38 48 22 69 24 15 53 14 48 1 13 42 42 99 30 18 12 53 19 2 17 26 93 25 16 20   (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? _____, the mean is ____ the medium. (c) Is the mode a good measure of center for this data set?  A) Yes B) No

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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.
 

38 48 22 69 24 15 53 14 48 1 13 42 42
99 30 18 12 53 19 2 17 26 93 25 16 20

 

(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?

_____, the mean is ____ the medium.

(c) Is the mode a good measure of center for this data set?

 A) Yes

B) No

(d) Is the distribution skewed?
 

A) Yes, the distribution is skewed right.
B) Yes, the distribution is skewed left.
C) No, the distribution is symmetric.
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