Statistics

[mitushasingh]

(1) What are the median, mode and range for {5} ?

(2) What is the mode for {5,5} ?

[tim]

do you know the definitions for those terms? what did you get when you tried to apply those definitions?

[mitushasingh]

Median, I understand is the middle element when the elements of the set are arranged in either asc. or desc. order. So, I would, though not very certainly, work out-

Median {5} = 5

Mode, I understand is the element which is repeated for maximum number of times in the set. Here, I really don't know what to do when there is only one element in the set or only one element repeated as many no. of times in the set.

Mode {5} = ?
Mode {5,5} or {1,1,1) = ?

Lastly, Range is the difference between the values of the largest element and the smallest element. Again, I've no idea what to do when there's only one element in the set. It can't be Zero as this would mean the largest element is equal to the smallest element. Not sure, if there's a "No Range" concept.

Range {5} = ?

[tim]

sounds like you have the definitions correct, so you just have to apply them confidently. if all the elements of a set are 5, the definitions lead clearly to a conclusion that the mean, median, and mode are all 5. the range, as you've speculated, is 0, because indeed the largest and smallest elements are the same..

[mitushasingh]

Thank you..

[jnelson0612]

:-)