1-5 Comparing Measures of Center

A data set can have more than one median?

• True
• False

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

A data set can have more than one mode

• True
• False

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

A  number that is either MUCH larger or MUCH smaller than the rest of the numbers is a(n)

• outlier
• inlier
• lier
• I'm lying

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.1

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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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

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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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

What is the mode?

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

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

What is the outlier in this data set?

{23, 60, 30, 21, 25, 35, 29}

• 35

• 21

• 30

• 60

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

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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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

what is the most appropriate measure of central tendency for

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• mode

• mean

• median

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

• 90
• 0