Hannah was hired by a satellite TV company to take a survey. She asked each of the people who live on her street how many TVs were in their homes.

This is a list of her survey results. Which measure of central tendency is the most appropriate for her to report to the company? Why?

Number of Televisions:

0 4 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 3 15

Question

Hannah was hired by a satellite TV company to take a survey. She asked each of the people who live on her street how many TVs were in their homes.

This is a list of her survey results. Which measure of central tendency is the most appropriate for her to report to the company? Why?

Number of Televisions:

0 4 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 3 15

anonymous · Answer

i would say the mean/average, but you do have an outlier (value very large or small compared to the others), so maybe mode would better?