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To find: Which measure of central tendency best represent the data justify your answer and then find the measure.
Answer to Problem 11PPS
The mode would best represent the data and the mode of the data is 3.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
A motorcycle dealership conducted a telephone survey of its customers from the last five years about customer satisfaction. The results are listed in the table.
Calculation:
Since, most of the customer responded okay (i.e. 365) with a weight of 3. Therefore, mode would best represent the data.
Also, mode is the number of data that occur most often. Therefore,
Hence,
The mode would best represent the data and the mode of the data is 3.
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