Carlos, a graduate student in psychology, is recording the number of wrong turns that rats make in trying to navigate a maze. He observes five rats and finds that they make 2, 3, 3, 6, and 1 errors, respectively. Carlos calculates the mean, median, and mode for the number of errors. Which sequence below gives the correct mean, median, and mode for Carlos’ data?
A. Mean = 5, Median = 3, Mode = 3
B. Mean = 3, Median = 3, Mode = 3
C. Mean = 3, Median = 6, Mode = 3
D. Mean = 5, Median = 1, Mode = 3
E. Mean = 3, Median = 3.5, Mode = 3
A. Mean = 5, Median = 3, Mode = 3
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