How old are professional football players? A random sample of pro football player ages in years follows. 25 24 26 24 31 30 29 27 34 30 25 39 26 24 23 28 29 26 32 30 26 23 32 30 23 29 28 27 24 22 26 22 26 25 23 27 26 33 27 30 A button hyperlink to the SALT program that reads: Use SALT. (a) Compute the mean, median, and mode of the ages (in years). What is the mean? 26.7

Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. years What is the median? 26

Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. years What is the mode? 26

Correct: Your answer is correct. years (b) Compare the averages. Does one seem to represent the age of the pro football players most accurately? Explain.

The averages are far apart. The median seems to represent the ages most accurately since the data skews somewhat to the left. The averages are far apart. The mode seems to represent the ages most accurately since it makes up the majority of the values in the sample.
The averages are very close. The median seems to represent the ages most accurately since the data skews somewhat to the right. The averages are very close. The mean seems to represent the ages most accurately since the distribution of the data is mound-shaped symmetric.