3.15. The 2004 GSS asked respondents "How often do you read the newspaper?" The possible responses were (every day, a few times a week, once a week, less than once a week, never), and the counts in those categories were (358, 222, 134, 121,71).

(a) Identify the mode and the median response.

(b) Let y number of times you read the news- paper in a week, measured as described above. For the scores (7,3,1,0.5,0) for the categories, find y. How does it compare to the mean of 4.4 for the 1994 GSS?