In 2000 or a certain region, 22.1% o incoming college res man characterized thei

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In 2000 or a certain region, 22.1% o incoming college res man characterized their political views as liberal 47.1% as moderate, and 30.8% as conservative. For his year, a random sample of 500 incoming college freshman yielded the frequency distribution for political views shown below. Political view Frequency Determine the mode of the data. Decide whether it would be appropriate to use either the mean or the median as a measure of center. Explain your answer. a. 129 217 154 b. Moderate Conservative a. Choose the correct answer below. Select all that apply. A. The mode is conservative B. The mode is liberal. C. The mode is moderate. D. There is no mode b. Would it be appropriate to use either the mean or the median as a measure of center? A. The mean would be an appropriate measure of center because the political views of freshman in the sample is very similar to the percentages of all freshman. B. Since the data is qualitative, neither the mean nor the median can be used as a measure of center C. The median would be an appropriate measure of center because it is not strongly affected by the relatively large gap between the smallest and largest frequencies. D. Either the mean or the median would be an appropriate measure of center since they are approximately the same

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a) Answer of this question is option C.The mode is moderate because this is maximum value in given data.

b) Answer of this question is option B.

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