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( "Simply create a two column table in which the names of the states are on the left side and the respective counts are on the right\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For example, the state \"Arizona\" occurs 3 times in the list, so write a \"3\" next to \"Arizona\" in the table. Do the same for the rest to get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<b>State</b>             |      <b>Frequency</b>\r\n" );
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document.write( "Arizona           |         3 \r\n" );
document.write( "Florida           |         3\r\n" );
document.write( "Georgia           |         2\r\n" );
document.write( "Indiana           |         1\r\n" );
document.write( "Kansas            |         1\r\n" );
document.write( "Pennsylvania      |         2\r\n" );
document.write( "Tennessee         |         1\r\n" );
document.write( "Texas             |         3\r\n" );
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document.write( "b)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The mode is the value that occurs the most. In this case, the modes (you can have more than one mode) are Arizona, Florida, and Texas since they all occur three times (the most of any other state)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It does NOT make sense to talk about the average because this data is NOT quantitative. So you cannot add up the states names and divide them by 16 because adding is not defined when it comes to names (eg: what is Texas + Kansas equal?). So there is no average state\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: when people say \"average\", they usually refer to the mean. </SPAN>\n" );
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