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A false positive occurs when a radiologist who interprets a mammogram concludes that cance...

A false positive occurs when a radiologist who interprets a mammogram concludes that cancer is present, but a biopsy subsequently shows no breast cancer. False positives are unavoidable because mammogram results often are ambiguous. Below are false positive rates (percent) for 24 radiologists who interpreted a total of 8,734 mammograms, (a) Calculate the mean, median, mode, and midrange. (b) Which is the best measure of central tendency? The  worst? Why? ( Data are from Joann G. Elmore et al., "Screening Mammograms by Community Radiologists: Vari­ability in False Positive Rates," Journal of the National Cancer Institute 94, no. 18 [September 18, 20021, p. 1376.)

8.5

4.9

12.5

2.6

7.6

15.9

5.6

9.0

9.0

10.8

10.2

12.2

4.0

6.9

6.0

6.7

6.5

9.5

2.7

5.3

4.4

3.5

11.9

4.2

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