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6. Psychologists used a questionnaire to investigate whether the attitudes of local people towards newcomers (non-locals) were positive or negative. They found the following results: Participant Statistical research A B C

D a) E F G H | J Mean ratings of attitudes of local people to newcomers Mode ratings of attitudes of local people to newcomers Mean number of positive attitudes (out of 10) 3 5 1 1 5 5 1 3 5 6 3.5 Table 1 Mean number of negative attitudes (out of 10) 6 8 5 4 4 8 4 8 8 6 6.1 i. Complete the table above to show the modes from the data in Table 1./nii. Statistical research Give one reason why the mode is not the most useful measure of central tendency when analysing this data. b) Another descriptive statistic for this data is dispersion. There are two measures of dispersion: range and standard deviation. Explain which measure of dispersion is best for this data. The total word limit for question 6 is 200 words. This does not include calculations.

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