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Data Analysis, SM-Bank 021 MC

A survey asked 9 students in Year 8 how many siblings they had.
 

\begin{array} {|c|c|}\hline \textbf{Number of Siblings}  & 0,  2,  2,  2,  3,  4,  4,  5,  5\\ \hline \end{array}

 
Which of the following is true for this data?

  1. mean > median > mode
  2. mean > median < mode
  3. mean = median = mode
  4. mean = median > mode
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`D`

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`text(Mode = 2)`

`text(Median = 5th number = 3)`

`text(Mean)` `= (0 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 5)/9`
  `= 27 ÷ 9`
  `= 3`

 

`:.\ text(mean = median > mode)`

`=>D`

Filed Under: Data Analysis Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4224-45-Mean/median/mode/range

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