Describe how to find the percentile for a given score in a set of data. How does

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Describe how to find the percentile for a given score in a set of data. How does this process relate to the definition of a percentile score? The table below provides a frequency distribution for the winner of the Davis Cup during the period 1977-1994. Which measure of center, the mean, the median, or the mode is most appropriate here? Why? Dave is a college student contemplating a possible career option. One factor that will influence his decision is the amount of money he is likely to make. He decides to look up the average salary of graduates in that profession. Which information would be more useful to him, the mean salary or the median salary. Why?

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5)The mode since the data is qualitative.the data is non numerical it is not possible to find mean or median. Here we use the most frequently value as mode as a measure

6) the median salary is useful.because there are few values of extreme values salaries that are higher than the majority of salaries. In case of extreme values median is the best measure.

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