Exercise: Mean, Median, and Mode

Salary (in units of 100,000) # of Employees

10 3

9 10

8 9

7 8

6 10

5 2
Total = 42
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Solution: Mean, Median, and Mode

• Mean =
1
42
3 ∗ 10 + 10 ∗ 9 + 9 ∗ 8 + 8 ∗ 7 + 10 ∗ 6 + 2 ∗ 5 = 7.6

• Median at
42+1
2
= 21.5. Use 21st and 22nd locations in data. These are 8 and 8. Thus the
8+8
median is =8
2

• Modes 6 and 9 – each has frequency 10

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