SOLUTION: The data gives the responses of 15 students who were asked how many text messages they send in a day. (2, 50, 50, 51, 51, 52, 53, 54, 54, 55, 55, 55, 56, 56, 57} What is the

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Question 861799: The data gives the responses of 15 students who were asked how many text messages they send in a day.
(2, 50, 50, 51, 51, 52, 53, 54, 54, 55, 55, 55, 56, 56, 57}
What is the best measure of the central tendency of the data?
mean
mode
median
range
interquartile range

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The data gives the responses of 15 students who were asked how many text messages they send in a day.
(2, 50, 50, 51, 51, 52, 53, 54, 54, 55, 55, 55, 56, 56, 57}
What is the best measure of the central tendency of the data?
mean
mode
median
range
interquartile range
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Ans: Propably the median (54).
The mean would be skewed downward because of the "2" in the data.
Cheers,
Stan H.

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