Question

a) Determine the mode of the data.
b) Decide whether it would be appropriate to use either the mean or median as a measure of center. Explain your answer.

An Edge in Roulette! An American roulette wheel contains$18$red numbers, $18$black numbers, and $2$green numbers. The following the shows the free with which the hall landed on each color in $200$trials.

Short answer

a) The mode is black.

b) The given data is inappropriate to use either the mean or the median as a measure of center, because the data is qualitative .

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Given information.    

We have given data of a wheel colour.

Step 2. To find mode.  

The greatest frequency is the mode of the data set.

Thus, the mode of the data set is black.

Step 3. Decide either the mean or median as a measure of center.   

Because the data is qualitative, it is improper to use either the mean or the median as a measure of center.