1.

The unemployment rate in the State of Alaska for the 12 months of 2003 is given in the table

below:

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8.6

8.8

8.4

7.8

7.2

7.4

6.9

6.8

7.1

7.5

7.9

8.6

1

What is the arithmetic mean of the Alaskan unemployment rate?

2

Find the median and mode of the unemployment rates.

3

Compute the arithmetic mean and median for just winter (Dec.-Mar.), and

compare it to the whole rate.