Measures of Centers & Variability

Find the median of these numbers:
4, 2, 7, 4, 3

• 2
• 5
• 7
• 4

Your math grades are 90, 85, 0, 90, 80, 100, and 90.  Which grade is the outlier?

• 90
• 0

At Donald's Donuts the number of donut holes in a bag can vary. Help Donald find the mode.
12,10,10,10,13,12,11,13,10

• 13
• 12
• 11
• 10

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The number of pages that Carolyn wrote in her journal each day from Monday to Friday is shown below: 
9, 8, 12, 6, 10
What is the mean number of pages she wrote per day?

• 5
• 6
• 9
• 11

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?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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In order to find the median, the data must be sorted from least to greatest first.

• True
• False

What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?

• Pick your favorite number
• Add the two numbers in the middle & then divide by two.
• They are both the median
• None of the above

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What is the mean?

• The number that occurs the most
• The number in the middle
• The difference between the highest and lowest values
• The Average

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What is the median?

• The number in the middle
• The difference between the highest and lowest values
• The number that occurs the most
• The average

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When finding the median what is the FIRST step?

• Mark off the lowest number
• Mark off the highest number
• Find the Middle
• Arrange the number from Least to Greatest

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