Geology Reference
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I. Introduction to Geology
2.
From the data in Table 3.1, determine the following for the
number of landslides per year.
a.
Mean (the arithmetic average; divide total number of
landslides by number of years)
b.
Median (the middle value; with equal number of val-
ues above and below)
c.
Mode (the most common; what value occurred most
frequently)
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