Best Measure of Center & Review

Which measure of center best represents this set of data?
12, 13, 11, 16, 31, 14, 10, 15

• Mean
• median
• mode

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

• Mean
• median
• mode

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

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

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If you want to find out which color MOST students favor, you should use which measure of center?

• Mode

• Median

• Mean

• Range

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When analyzing categorical data, the best measure of center is the:

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

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When analyzing numerical data, the best measure of center with NO outlier is:

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

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When analyzing numerical data, the best measure of center with an outlier is:

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

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Which is the MIDDLE?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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The range is

• highest minus lowest

• the one that occurs the most

• the average

• the middle number

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