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For this problem, we are told that the number of credits being taken by a sample of 13 full -time college students are listed below, where as to find the mean, median, and mode of the data if it is possible.
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So to begin, i've copied the data into my software here.
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The first thing that we want to do is sort the data.
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So we can see that when sorted, we have our six -sevens first, then we have the three -eights, the nine, the ten, the eleven, and the eleven.
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So first we have a multiple choice.
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Our first option is the mean represents the center.
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The mean does not represent the center because it is the largest data value, smallest data value, or not a data value, or the data does not have a mean.
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So any set of quantitative data will have a mean value, and it does try to at least represent the center, though it can be skewed.
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Then we're asked to find the median.
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Now we have 13 data points.
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So that means that the median is going to be the number, such that we have an equal number of data points on either side of it...