Thirty-Four Members of a Certain Sorority Were Selected, and Asked

question 61

Short Answer

Thirty-four members of a certain sorority were selected, and asked to indicate how many hours each had spent reading (for pleasure, not school work) during the previous week. The data are as follows: 50, 4, 10, 5, 5, 6, 7, 3, 5, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 5, 8, 1, 8, 7, 5, 6, 10, 6, 8, 7, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5.
-Which measure of central tendency yielded the highest numerical value?

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