Choosing Best Measure of Center or Variability

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Which measure of center best represents this set of data?
12, 13, 11, 16, 31, 14, 10, 15
Options: Mean, median, mode

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median

Front

Which measure of center best represents this set of data?
red, blue, red, yellow, red, green, black, red, white, red, red

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mode

Front

The salary of the employees in the office were $15,000; $18,000; $16,000; $14,000; $90,000; and $17,000. What is the best measure of the central tendency of the salaries? Options: Mean, Median, Mode, Range

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Median

Front

What measure of center is best to use when we have outliers?

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median

Front

Which measure of center should you use to find out which color most students favor?

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Mode

Front

When analyzing categorical data, the best measure of center is the: mean, median, mode, range

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mode

Front

Best measure of center with NO outlier in numerical data: mean, median, mode, range.

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mean

Front

When analyzing numerical data, the best measure of center with an outlier is: mean, median, mode, range

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median

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Outlier

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A value that is much less or much greater than the other values in a data set.

Front

What is the best measure of center for the data set?
5,6,7,3,4,4,5,3,2,6

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mean