Question

1. without performing any calculations, determine which measure of central tendency best represents the graphed data. explain your answer. heart rates of a sample of adults heart rate (in beats per minute)

Explanation:

The data appears to be symmetrically - distributed (bell - shaped). For symmetric data, the mean, median, and mode are approximately equal, and the mean is a good measure as it takes into account all data points.

Answer:

The mean best represents the data because the distribution of heart rates appears to be symmetric.