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The data table shows the number of pumpkin seeds that germinate at different temperatures.


Effect of Temperature on Germination of Pumpkin Seeds

Temperature
Seeds germinated
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4
20°C 60 63 70 62
24°C 75 87 82 78
28°C 86 84 83 84
32°C 69 64 63 66


What is the mode of the data at 28°C?

A.
84.25

B.
83.5

C.
85

D.
84

Answer :

The mode of the data at 28°C is 84.  The correct option is D.

What is a mode?

In statistics, the mode is the variate with the highest frequency of occurrence in a given data. The mode is one of the attributes used to measure how centralized the variates within a data set are.

Mode is used as a measure of central tendency because:

  • It is very easy to calculate
  • It is not affected by outliers
  • It is useful to define the properties of a data set

In this case, we are to find the mode of the data at 28°C. The data at this location is 86, 84, 83, and 84.

86 occur just once, 84 occur twice, while 83 also occur just once in the 4 elements data set.

Thus, the mode here is 84 which occurs twice.

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