A museum curator was interested in people's responses to art. She therefore had seven people indicate their liking for a particular piece of Egyptian sculpture. Their ratings were as follows: 2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7
Figure the mean, median, mode, variance, and standard deviation for this group of scores.
Explain what you have done and what the results mean to a person who has never had a course in statistics.
What will be an ideal response?
ean = 35/7 = 5
Median = 5
Mode = bimodal(4 and 7)
Variance = 9 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 4 = 20/7 = 2.86
Standard Deviation = square root of 3.67 = 1.69
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