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Distribution of Data Sets Quick Check
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Question
Dontae asks his friends to name their favorite zoo animal. He wants to describe the distribution of the dataset by using the mode but discovers that the dataset has no mode. Which could be Dontae’s dataset?(1 point)
Responses

zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, lion, tiger, tiger, lion
zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, lion, tiger, tiger, lion

zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, giraffe, tiger, lion
zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, giraffe, tiger, lion

zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, zebra, giraffe, tiger, lion
zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, zebra, giraffe, tiger, lion

zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, zebra, giraffe, tiger, zebra
zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, zebra, giraffe, tiger, zebra
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1 answer

To determine which dataset has no mode, we need to identify a dataset where no animal is repeated more than once, or where all animals are repeated an equal number of times.

Let's analyze the given responses:

  1. Response 1: zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, lion, tiger, tiger, lion

    • Mode: lion (occurs 4 times), tiger (occurs 4 times), giraffe (occurs 2 times), zebra (occurs 2 times)
  2. Response 2: zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, giraffe, tiger, lion

    • Mode: giraffe (occurs 3 times), lion (occurs 3 times), tiger (occurs 3 times), zebra (occurs 2 times)
  3. Response 3: zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, zebra, giraffe, tiger, lion

    • Mode: giraffe (occurs 3 times), lion (occurs 3 times), tiger (occurs 3 times), zebra (occurs 3 times)
  4. Response 4: zebra, giraffe, lion, giraffe, lion, tiger, tiger, zebra, zebra, giraffe, tiger, zebra

    • Mode: zebra (occurs 4 times), giraffe (occurs 3 times), lion (occurs 2 times), tiger (occurs 3 times)

In all of these datasets, there are animals that appear multiple times, which means they all have modes.

As a result, none of these responses appear to represent a dataset with no mode. To summarize, all candidates have at least one mode due to the repetitions of the animals listed. If you are looking for a dataset with no mode, a possible example would be a list where all entries are unique or all animal entries are present an equal number of times but at least one of them has to occur more frequently than the others.

If there’s an alternative dataset not provided here, that might be necessary for finding an actual "no mode" example.