An advertisement for a speed-reading course claimed that the average reading speed for

Chapter 12, Problem 62

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An advertisement for a speed-reading course claimed that the “average” reading speed for people completing the course was 1000 words per minute. Shown below are the actual data for the reading speeds per minute for a sample of 24 people who completed the course.

a. Find the mean, median, mode, and midrange. (If you prefer, first organize the data in a frequency distribution.)

b. Which measure of central tendency was given in the advertisement?

c. Which measure of central tendency is the best indicator of the “average” reading speed in this situation? Explain your answer.

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