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Radioactive lichen. Refer to the University of Alaska study to monitor the level of radioa...

Radioactive lichen. Refer to the University of Alaska study to monitor the level of radioactivity in lichen, presented in Exercise. The amount of the radioactive element cesium-137 (measured in microcuries per milliliter) for each of nine lichen specimens is repeated in the following table and saved in the LICHEN file:

Location

 

 

 

Bethel

- 5.50

- 5.00

 

Eagle Summit

- 4.15

- 4.85

 

Moose Pass

- 6.05

 

 

Turnagain Pass

- 5.00

 

 

Wickersham Dome

- 4.10

- 4.50

- 4.60

Based on Lichen Radionuclide Baseline Research Project, 2003, p. 25. Orion, University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

a. Find the mean, median, and mode of the radioactivity levels.


b. Interpret the value of each measure of central tendency calculated in part a.

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