document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=570991>Question 570991</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello. Guys, I really need your help on this one please<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Below are the home states of 16 college professors..<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Florida Indiana Pennsylvania Arizona Georgia<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Florida Tennessee Texas Kansas Arizona<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Texas Florida Tennessee Arizona Texas<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Indiana<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  a)Make a frequency table using these 8 states:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Arizona      Kansas<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Florida      Pennsylvania<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Georgia      Tennessee<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Indiana      Texas<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  b)What is (are) the mode(s)?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  c)Does it make sense to talk about the average for this data? Why or why not?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #367889 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><B>Edwin McCravy(20060)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Edwin+McCravy><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=367889\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">\r\n" );
document.write( "Hello. Guys, I really need your help on this one please\r\n" );
document.write( "Below are the home states of 16 college professors..\r\n" );
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document.write( "Florida Indiana Pennsylvania Arizona Georgia\r\n" );
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document.write( "Texas Florida Tennessee Arizona Texas\r\n" );
document.write( "Indiana\r\n" );
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document.write( "  a)Make a frequency table using these 8 states:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Just count how many times each state is listed above.  For instance,\r\n" );
document.write( "Florida is listed 3 times, Indiana is listed 2 times, etc.\r\n" );
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document.write( "State             Frequency\r\n" );
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document.write( "Arizona               3\r\n" );
document.write( "Florida               3\r\n" );
document.write( "Georgia               1\r\n" );
document.write( "Indiana               2\r\n" );
document.write( "Kassas                1\r\n" );
document.write( "Pennsylvania          1\r\n" );
document.write( "Tennessee             2\r\n" );
document.write( "Texas                 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "  b)What is (are) the mode(s)?\r\n" );
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document.write( "The first three letters of the word MOde are \"MO\" and \r\n" );
document.write( "the first three letters of the word MOst are also \"MO\".\r\n" );
document.write( "So that's a way to remember that MODE means MOST.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are three states with the MOST professors, so there are three\r\n" );
document.write( "MODES: Arizona, Florida and Texas. \r\n" );
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document.write( "  c)Does it make sense to talk about the average for this data? Why or why not?\r\n" );
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document.write( "No because states are not numbers.  Average number per state in no good either\r\n" );
document.write( "because all 50 states are not listed.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin</PRE> </SPAN>\n" );
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