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In Issue 338 of the Amstat News, thenpresident of the American Statistical Association Fritz Scheuren reported the results of a survey on how members would prefer to receive ballots in annual elections. On the WeissStats CD, you will find data

In Issue 338 of the Amstat News, thenpresident of the American Statistical Association Fritz Scheuren reported the results of a survey on how members would prefer to receive ballots in annual elections. On the WeissStats CD, you will find data for preference and highest degree obtained for the 566 respondents.
The technology of your choice to obtain the measures of center that are appropriate from among the mean, median, and mode. Discuss your results and decide which measure of center is most appropriate. Provide a reason for your answer.

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