Monitoring the Future is a longitudinal study of the behaviors and attitudes of American secondary school students. Data from the 2014 survey are presented, measuring the frequency of eating breakfast (an indicator of a healthy lifestyle) by student race. The table features a different format, presenting frequencies and percentages in a single column.

1. Calculate the median and mode for each racial group.
2. Use this information to describe how teens’ breakfast habits vary by race. In your opinion, which statistic provides a better description of the data—the median or mode?

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Black White Hispanic f f % Never 14 9.3% 6.4% 7.0% Seldom 11 22 25.6% 10.1% 12.7% Sometimes 10 43 21 23.3% 19.7% 29.6% Most days 2 25 9 4.7% 11.5% 12.7% Nearly every day 30 2 16.3% 13.8% 2.8% Everyday 84 25 20.9% 38.5% 35.2% Total 43 218 71 100% 100% 100%