Practice problem

Word Problems: When to Use Mean, Median, and Mode

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The results of Anna's survey. Indie has 5 votes, K-Pop 3, Country 1, Alternative 5, Punk 2, Rock 2, Classical 1, R&B 4, Hip hop/Rap 10, Latino 3, Pop 11.

Anna wants to know what the most popular genre of music is in her class. Anna decided to take a survey; the results are shown above. What measure of central tendency should Anna use in order to find the most popular music genre in her class? What is the most popular genre?