6 The 1994 General Social Survey asked respondents "How often do you read the newspa- per? 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 (969, 452. 261, 196, 76).

a) Identify the median response.

b) Identify the mode.

c) Consider the variable, y = number of tinies reading the newspaper in a week. meas- ured as described above. Can you calculate Y? Why? What would you need to do to approximate its value"