A random sample of 12 joggers was asked to keep track and report the number of miles they ran last week. The responses are:


5.5 7.2 1.6 22.0 8.7 2.8 5.3 3.4 12.5 18.6 8.3 6.6
Compute the three statistics that measure central location

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Follow the guidelines here:
http://math.about.com/od/statistics/a/MeanMedian.htm

The three statistics they have in mind are probably median, mean and mode.

In this case, there is no mode, since no number appears more than once.You might tell them what the range is, instead of the mode.

The mean and median are easily computed.