Concept explainers
To find: Which measure of central tendency best represent the data justify your answer and then find the measure.
Answer to Problem 13PPS
The mode would best represent the data and the mode of the data is sports.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
In a survey students were asked about their favourite summer activity. The responses are listed in the table.
Calculation:
Since, majority of the students answered sports as their favourite summer activity. 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 sports.
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