Question: In a study of 911 calls made to a large Midwestern police department, Gilsinan (1989) reported the following distribution of caller requests.

Request Frequency

Information 65

Police assistance due to a crime 29

Police assistance for other reasons 82

Police assistance for a traffic problem 19

Police assistance because of an alarm sounding 9

(a) What is the measure of central tendency most appropriate for these data?

(b) Why?

(c) What does the measure of central tendency tell you about the most typical reason for a 911 call?