Below are the home states of 17 college professors. Ohio Georgia New Jersey Geor

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Below are the home states of 17 college professors.

Ohio Georgia New Jersey Georgia Nebraska
Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina New Jersey
New Jersey South Carolina Wisconsin Michigan Pennsylvania
Ohio Wisconsin


i. Make a frequency table using these 8 states:
Georgia
Michigan
Nebraska
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Wisconsin

ii. What is (are) the mode(s)?
iii. Does it make sense to talk about the average for this data? Why or why not?
iv. Using your frequency table draw a pie chart to display the distribution of home states by filling in the following table:

Home state Frequency Percentage of Total Measure of central
Angle in degrees
Georgia
Michigan
Nebraska
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Wisconsin

Explanation / Answer

Georgia 2 Michigan 2 Nebraska 1 New Jersey 3 Ohio 3 Pennsylvania 2 South Carolina 2 Wisconsin 2 MODE - 2 the average is 2.125 which is a decimal number , but the number of professor can only be natural numbers , so it is not right to talk about average. state central angle -------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia 42.35 Michigan 42.35 Nebraska 21.18 New Jersey 63.52 Ohio 63.52 Pennsylvania 42.35 South Carolina 42.35 Wisconsin 42.35

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