document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=979122>Question 979122</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The number of sick days due to cold and flu last year was recorded by a sample of 15 adults. The data are<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 5;   7; 0; 3; 15; 6; 5; 9; 3; 8; 10; 5; 2; 0; 12: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a)         Compute the mean, median and mode.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b)         Describe what you have learned from the three statistics calculated in part (a).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "33\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "555<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mean is sum divided by 15.  It is 90/15=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Median is middle number which is 8th from bottom if numbers are ordered.  It is 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mode is the most common number.  It is 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mode is generally the least useful, except as a descriptor.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The fact that the mean is greater than the median means that the distribution has a right skew, and that a larger number is affecting it.  Those numbers are 12 and 15.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The central portion of this distribution is 5 (median) and 6 (mean). </SPAN>\n" );
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