Concept explainers
To find: the measurement of central tendency best represents the data.
Answer to Problem 9PPS
Mean of the data is 843.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The table shows the football teams with the most all-time wins.
Calculation:
Consider all time football wins for each university 877, 837, 845, 837 and 819.
Arrange the data values in ascending order 819, 837, 837, 845 and 877
Below table will help to determine the best measure of central tendency.
Measure | When to use |
Mean | Data have no extreme value |
Median | Data have extreme value. No big gap in the mid of the data. |
Mode | Many repetitive values in the data |
Since there is no extreme values and only 2 identical values, so mean would be the best to represent the central tendency.
Let’s calculate the mean of the data.
Therefore Mean of the data is 843.
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