State which type of average, the mean, median, or mode, would be most appropriate in the situation described. Explain your thinking.The table below provides a frequency distribution for the winner of the Davis Cup during the period 1977-1994. Winner of Davis Cup FrequencyUnited States6Germany3Czechoslovakia1Australia3France1Sweden4Which measure of center, the mean, the median, or the mode is most appropriate here? Why?

What will be an ideal response?


The mode. The data (winning country) is qualitative. Since the data are not numerical values, it is not possible to find the median or mean, only the most frequently occurring value (i.e. the mode).

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