A shoe retailer keeps track of all types of information about sales of newly released shoe styles. One newly released style was marketed to tall people. Listed below are the shoe sizes of 12
Randomly selected customers who purchased the new style. Find the mode of the shoe sizes.
$\begin{array} { c c c c }
9 \frac { 1 } { 2 } & 11 & 12 & 11 \frac { 1 } { 2 } \
8 \frac { 1 } { 2 } & 10 \frac { 1 } { 2 } & 8 & 11 \
10 & 11 & 9 \frac { 1 } { 2 } & 10
\end{array}$
A) 11
B) $10 \frac { 1 } { 4 }$
C) $9 \frac { 1 } { 2 }$
D) $10 \frac { 1 } { 2 }$

Question

A shoe retailer keeps track of all types of information about sales of newly released shoe styles. One newly released style was marketed to tall people. Listed below are the shoe sizes of 12
Randomly selected customers who purchased the new style. Find the mode of the shoe sizes. 
$\begin{array} { c c c c } 
9 \frac { 1 } { 2 } & 11 & 12 & 11 \frac { 1 } { 2 } \
8 \frac { 1 } { 2 } & 10 \frac { 1 } { 2 } & 8 & 11 \
10 & 11 & 9 \frac { 1 } { 2 } & 10
\end{array}$
A) 11
B) $10 \frac { 1 } { 4 }$
C) $9 \frac { 1 } { 2 }$
D) $10 \frac { 1 } { 2 }$

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The mode is the value that appears most frequently in a data set. In this case, the shoe size 11 appears 3 times, which is more frequently than any other size, making it the mode.

A Shoe Retailer Keeps Track of All Types of Information