3.17 The following data give the amount of money (in dollars) that each of six Canadian social service
charities spent to raise $100 in donations during 2010 (www.moneysense.ca). The values, listed in that
order, are for the Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank Society, Covenant House Toronto, The Salvation Army
Territorial Headquarters for Canada and Bermuda, Second Harvest Food Support Committee, Teen Challenge,
and Toronto Windfall Clothing Support Service.
.20 29.30 11.30 5.30 9.90 .50
Compute the mean and median. Do these data have a mode? Why or why not?
mean = ∑x/n
Mode = most frequently occurring value
Median = arrange scores in order of value. Middle most value = median.