Concept explainers
To Find: To find the appropriate measure of the given data.
Answer to Problem 22STP
The answer is mean that is option C.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:Number of books read by the students in each reading class.
Formulaused:
Calculation:
Calculation of mean
Thus, mean of the given data is 121.
Calculation of median
First, we arrange the data in ascending order
Thus, median is 118
Calculation of mode
Since the frequency of all the observations are same
Therefore, mode can not be calculated by inspection
So, using empirical relation
Thus, mode is 112.
Hence, the maximum measure of central value represented by mean.
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