The number of credits being taken by a sample of 13? full-time college students

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The number of credits being taken by a sample of 13? full-time college students are listed below. Find the? mean, median, and mode of the? data, if possible. If any measure cannot be found or does not represent the center of the? data, explain why. 5 ?? 7 ?? 8 ?? 8 ?? 5 ?? 6 ?? 4 ?? 4 ?? 4 ?? 4 ?? 4 ?? 4 ?? 5 ?? Find the mean. Select the correct choice below? and, if? necessary, fill in the answer box to complete your choice. A. The mean is nothing . ?(Type an integer or decimal rounded to one decimal place as? needed.) B. The data set does not have a mean. Does the mean represent the center of the? data? A. The mean represents the center. B. The mean does not represent the center because it is the largest data value. C. The mean does not represent the center because it is the smallest data value. D. The mean does not represent the center because it is not a data value. E. The data set does not have a mean. Find the median. Select the correct choice below? and, if? necessary, fill in the answer box to complete your choice. A. The median is nothing . ?(Type an integer or decimal rounded to one decimal place as? needed.) B. The data set does not have a median. Does the median represent the center of the? data? A. The median represents the center. B. The median does not represent the center because it is the largest data value. C. The median does not represent the center because it is not a data value. D. The median does not represent the center because it is the smallest data value. E. The data set does not have a median. Find the mode. Select the correct choice below? and, if? necessary, fill in the answer box to complete your choice. A. The? mode(s) is/are nothing . ?(Type an integer or decimal rounded to one decimal place as needed. Use a comma to separate answers as? needed.) B. The data set does not have a mode. Does? (Do) the? mode(s) represent the center of the? data? A. The? mode(s) represent(s) the center. B. The? mode(s) does? (do) not represent the center because it? (they) is? (are) not a data value. C. The? mode(s) does? (do) not represent the center because it? (one) is the smallest data value. D. The data set does not have a mode. E. The? mode(s) does? (do) not represent the center because it? (one) is the largest data value. Click to select your answer.

Explanation / Answer

Mean = 5.2307

Median = 5

Mode = 4

Here , mean is greater than the median and the mode . Thus we have a positively skewed data . However , we can take the median as the center of the data here .

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