Appropriate Measures of Center to Describe Data

Which measure of central tendency best represents this set of data:

3, 18, 2, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

Your math grades are 90, 85, 58, 90, 80, 100, and 90. Which grade is the outlier?

• 90

• 58

• 100

• 85

Which measure of central tendency best represents this set of data:
13, 13, 11, 13, 13, 12, 13

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

Which measure of central tendency best represents this set of data:

3, 4, 5, 4, 5

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

A value that is much higher or much lower than the other values in a set of data is called a(n):

• Outlier

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

Identify the outlier for the given data:

23, 34, 27, 7, 30, 26, 28, 31, 34

• 7

• 23

• 31

• 34

It's most appropriate to use mean to describe a data set...

• when an outlier is present in the data set

• when there is no mode

• when there is NOT an outlier in the data set

• When the range is not measureable

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

The salary of the employees in the office were $15,000; $18,000; $16,000; $14,000; $90,000; and $17,000.

What of the following measures of center who be the best to describe the data set?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2