Mean, Median, Mode, Range

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What is the formula to calculate the mean of a set of numbers?

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To find the mean, add up all the values and divide by the number of values.

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What is another term for the mean in statistics?

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The mean is also called the average.

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How do you calculate the range of a data set?

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The range is calculated by subtracting the smallest number from the largest number in the set.

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What is the first step to finding the median of a data set?

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You must put the values in order from smallest to largest.

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What is the mode in a data set?

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The mode is the number that appears most frequently in the set.

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If a data set has no repeating numbers, what is the mode?

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If there are no repeating numbers, the data set has no mode.

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What is the median of the following set of numbers: 3, 1, 4, 2, 5?

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The median is 3, which is the middle number when the values are ordered.

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In a data set with an even number of values, how is the median calculated?

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The median is calculated by taking the average of the two middle numbers.

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What does it mean if the mean is significantly higher than the median in a data set?

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It may indicate that there are outliers or extreme values affecting the mean.

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What is the relationship between mean, median, and mode in a normal distribution?

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In a normal distribution, the mean, median, and mode are all equal.

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