METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS
MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY
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Question
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What is the mode of the data set:Black Blue RedPink Black BlackGray Green BlueBlue Blue RedYellow Blue Red
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Blue and Black
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Blue
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Red
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Black
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The mode of the data set is “red” and the answer is B. Explanation: The mode of a data set is the value that appears most frequently. The two colors that appear most frequently are “blue” and “red, ‘’ each appearing three times.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thus, mode is not always at the center of data.
Detailed explanation-3: -There is no widely accepted standard notation for the median, but some authors represent the median of a variable x either as x͂ or as 1/2 sometimes also M. In any of these cases, the use of these or other symbols for the median needs to be explicitly defined when they are introduced.
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