Measures of Central Tendency

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

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What is the mean?

• The value that occurs the most often in a data set
• The middle number in an ordered set of data
• The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size
• The sum of the between the greatest and the least elements, divided by two

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What is the median?

• The value that occurs the most often in a data set
• The middle number in an ordered set of data
• The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size
• The sum of the between the greatest and the least elements, divided by two

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At Donald's Donuts the number of donut holes in a bag can vary. Help Donald find the mode of the number of donut holes per bag described in the sample below:
{12,10,10,10,13,12,11,13,10}

• 13
• 12
• 11
• 10

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A data set can have more than one _______

• Median
• Mode
• Mean
• Midrange

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Roger bowled 7 games last weekend. His scores are: 155, 165, 138, 172, 127, 193, 142. What is Roger's median score?

• 127
• 155
• 156
• 193

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The heights of some students are given.
158cm     172cm      164cm
164cm     167cm      159cm
 What is the range of the heights?

• 13cm
• 14cm
• 164cm
• 330cm

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In the last 5 games, Kevin Durant scored 22, 22, 18, 12, and 21 points. What is Durant's Mean (Average) score per game?

•  19 points per game
• 95 points per game
• 18.6 points per game
• 22 points per game

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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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Which is the closest to what most people would call the "average?"

• mean
• median
• mode
• range

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