Best Measure of Center

What is the mean of the data set : 6, 35, 8, 20, 6, 16, 7?

• 12

• 13

• 14

• 15

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the median of the data set : 6, 35, 8, 20, 6, 16, 7?

• 20

• 8

• no median

• 35

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the mode of the data set : 6, 35, 8, 20, 6, 16, 7?

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

You sent the same email to 10 of your friends. The number of hours it took them to respond was: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, and 25. What are the mean, median and mode of this date?

• 49, 2.5, 1

• 4.8, 2, 1

• 4.8, 2.5, 1

• 4.9, 2.5, 1

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

Which measures are affected by the outlier? (you need to find the mean, median, and mode without the outlier to answer this)

• mean

• mean and median

• mean, median, and mode

• median

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

What did the outlier do to the mean and median in the data set 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, and 25?

• Nothing

• They were both greater with the outlier.

• They were both less with the outlier.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

The data set below has an outlier of 42.
2, 5, 12, 15, 19, 4, 6, 11, 16, 18, 12, 12, 42
What effect does removing the outlier have on the distribution of the data?

• The mean will decrease
• The median will decrease
• The mean will increase
• The median will increase

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

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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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

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

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

It is possible to have three numbers in the middle of a data set.

• True
• False

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CCSS.7.SP.B.4