Hello,
I'm just new to programming and would like to ask for help..
Build a module that contains three functions that do the following:
a.. Compute the average of a list of numbers b.. Finds the statistical median value of a list of numbers
The middle value in a distribution, above and below which lie an equal number of values.
c.. Finds the mode of a list of numbers
The value or item occurring most frequently in a series of observations or statistical data.
Can you please give me clue how I should start solving the following problem below? Here's the source code that I did so far:
# compute the average of a list of numbers: # Keeps asking for numbers until 0 is entered # Prints the average value
count = 0 sum = 0 number = 1
print 'Enter 0 to exit the loop' while number != 0: number = input ('Enter a number: ') count = count + 1 sum = sum + number count = count -1 print ' The average is:', sum/count
Great start. In addition append each numbers to a list. Then it is easy to find the middle of the list for the median. Use a dictionary keyed by the numbers to count their frequency, then find the entry with the highest frequency.
See http://www.honors.montana.edu/~jjc/easytut/easytut/ for lists and dictionaries.
Give it a shot, show us what you come up with, and we'll take the next step.
Bob Gailer
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