Measures of Central Tendency

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

• mean
• median
• mode
• range

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To find the average of a set of numbers, add up all the items and divide by...

• 2
• The minimum
• The maximum
• The number of items

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Which is the MIDDLE?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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If you have two numbers in the middle, you should

• add them together and divide by two
• find the number in between the two
• find the mean of the two numbers
• all of these

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

• True
• False

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Which is the number that appears the MOST often?

• mean
• median
• mode
• range

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A data set can have more than one mode

• True
• False

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What is an outlier?

• A value that is much less or much greater than the other values in a data set.
• The difference between the upper and lower quartiles of a data set.
• The mean of the distances from each data value in a set to the mean of a set.
• The difference between the greatest and least numbers in a data set.

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Measures of central tendency which is greatly affected by extremely low or high scores.

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Frequency

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A survey was conducted by a chocolate manufacturing company, about the likes and dislikes of the flavors they marketed. Which measure of central tendency will help them most to make their choice of the most liked flavor?

• Mean

• Range

• Mode

• Median

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