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Section 3.1 Homework
1.
Find the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) mode, and (d) midrange for the data and then (e) answer the given question.
Listed below are the jersey numbers of
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.
This question is taken from Math 10 – Introduction to Statistics » Summer 2021 » Section 3.1 Homework