Descriptive Statistics: Mean, Median, and Mode
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The following set of numbers represent the scores of 30 psychiatric inpatients on a widely used measure of depression. What are the mean, median, and mode for these data?
41 27 32 24 21 28 22 25 35 27
31 40 23 27 29 33 42 30 26 30
27 39 26 34 28 38 29 36 24 37
If the values of the mean, median, and mode are not the same, discuss what this suggests about the shape of the distribution. Construct a Graphic of the distribution of this data using Excel to prove your point. Copy and Paste your graphic from Excel into your Word document submission
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The solution provides calculations for the the mean, median, and mode in MS Excel.
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The mean is a calculated average of all of the data points. This can be calculated by adding all and dividing by the number of subjects. In Excel, there is a function of '=Average' that can be used to calculate the average of the data. In this case, you will find that the total of all test scores is 911, ...
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