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Section 3.1 Homework Question 1
Section 3.1 Homework
1.
players randomly selected from the roster of a championship sports team. What do the results tell us?
Find the mean.
The mean is _____
Find the median.
The median is _____
Find the mode.
Select the correct choice below and, if necessary, fill in the answer box to complete your choice.
- The mode(s) is(are) _____
- There is no mode.
Find the midrange.
The midrange is _____
What do the results tell us?
- The mean and median give two different interpretations of the average (or typical) jersey number, while the midrange shows the spread of possible jersey numbers.
- Since only 11 of the jersey numbers were in the sample, the statistics cannot give any meaningful results.
- The midrange gives the average (or typical) jersey number, while the mean and median give two different interpretations of the spread of possible jersey numbers.
- The jersey numbers are nominal data and they do not measure or count anything, so the resulting statistics are meaningless.