The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation publish a compilation on crime statistics for

Question:

The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation publish a compilation on crime statistics for the United States in Crime in the United States. The following table provides a frequency distribution for robbery type during a one-year period.

Robbery type Frequency

Street/highway .............127,403

Commercial house ......... 37,885

Gas or service station ....... 7,009

Convenience store ........... 14,863

Residence .................... 49,361

Bank ............................ 5,777

Miscellaneous ............... 48,878

a. Determine the mode of the data.

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

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