Listed below are the playing times (in seconds) of songs that were popular at th

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Listed below are the playing times (in seconds) of songs that were popular at the time of this writing. Find the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) mode, and (d) midrange for the given sample data. Is there one time that is very different from the others? 449,237,229,246,246, 293, 278, 225, 240,214, 266, 239,214,263,260,262.

a. the mean is ?? seconds ( round to one decimal place as needed)

b. the median is ?? seconds (round to one decimal place as needed)

c. select the correct choice below and fill in any answer boxes in your choice

(A) the mode is ?? seconds (use a comma to seperate answers as needed. round to one decimal place as needed)

OR

(B) there is no mode

d. the midrange is ?? seconds (round to one decimal place as needed)

e. is there one time that is very different from the others?

(a) yes; the time of 449 seconds is very different from the others.

(b) no; all the times are not very different from the others

(c) yes; the time of 292 seconds is very different from the others

(d) yes; the time of 214 seconds is very different from the others

Explanation / Answer

The statistical software output for this problem is:

Summary statistics:

Hence,

a) Mean = 260.1

b) Median = 246

c) Mode = 214, 246

d) Midrange = (Min + Max)/2 = (214 + 449)/2 = 331.5

e) Yes; the time of 449 seconds is very different from the others. Option A is correct.

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