Extra Credit 12 points] A study has been conducted regarding the weights of chic

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Extra Credit 12 points] A study has been conducted regarding the weights of chickens in poultry farms in the reported the following weights (lbs) of their 30 chickens 3.93 3.99 3.96 3.78 3.96 3.94 3.88 3.96 4.02 3.93 4.03 4.06 3.84 4.10 3.94 3.75 4.02 4.09 3.98 4.06 4.17 3.84 3.92 4.12 3.75 3.99 4.01 4.20 3.72 3.88 The weights have been displayed in the following graphical forms. Based off of the displays, what would be the most appropriate Measure of Center and why? Histogram of Chicken Weight Boxplot of Chicken Weight 4.1

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Mean is the most appropriate Measure of Center is Mode.

As the mean cannot be shown graphically and median cannot be determined from the histogram, only mode can be determined from histogram, so Mode is the appropriate measure of center in this distribution.

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