Question

The data below are the frequency of cremation burials found in 17 archaeological sites.

a.

Obtain the​ mean, median, and mode of these data.

b.

Which measure of center do you think works best​ here?

81	64	46	47	527	32	31	274	2636
46	368	29	86	434	52	250	125

a.

The mean is

​(Round to one decimal place as​ needed.)The median is

​(Round to one decimal place as​ needed.)

Select the correct choice below and fill in any answer boxes within your choice.

A.The mode is

​(Round to one decimal place as​ needed.)

B.

There is no mode.

b.

Which measure of center works best​ here?

A.

Each center of measure works equally well.

B.

The mean works best. The mode is highly affected by the largest value and the median is well to the left of the​ distribution's center.

C.

The mode works best. The median is highly affected by the largest value and the mean is well to the left of the​ distribution's center.

D.

The median works best. The mean is highly affected by the largest value and the mode is well to the left of the​ distribution's center.

Answer 1

29 31 32 46 46 47 52 64 81 86 125 250 274 368 434 527 2636

a) mean = (29 + 31 + 32 + 46 + 46 + 47 + 52 + 64 + 81 + 86 + 125 + 250 + 274 + 368 + 434 + 527 + 2636)/17 = 301.6

Median = 81

Mode = 46

b) Option - D) The median works best. The mean is highly affected by the largest value and the mode is well to the left of the distribution's center.