MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY OF UNGROUPED DATA

1. What do you call the average of a group of scores or data?

• A. range

• B. mean

• C. median

• D. mode

2. What do you call the middle number in a group of scores or data when arranged either in ascending or descending order?

• A. range

• B. mean

• C. median

• D. mode

3. What do you call the number which appears most often in a given set of scores or data?

• A. range

• B. mean

• C. median

• D. mode

4. Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency?

• A. range

• B. mean

• C. median

• D. mode

5. What are the steps in getting the average of a set of scores?

• A. add the scores and divide by the number of data

• B. add the scores and multiply by the number of data

• C. subtract the scores and divide by the number of data

• D. subtract the scores and multiply by the number of data

6. If there are two numbers in the middle in a set of data, how will you find the median?

• A. pick the higher number between the two

• B. find the average of the two numbers

• C. get the sum of the two numbers

• D. pick both numbers

7. In a 20-item test given by the teacher, most of the students got a score of 17. Which of the following statement is correct?

• A. The mean of the scores is 17.

• B. The median of the scores is 17.

• C. The mode of the scores is 17.

• D. None of the above

8. What is the mean for the data: 5, 10, and 4?

• A. 57.00

• B. 6.33

• C. -3.00

• D. -27.00

9. What is the mode for the data: 26, 24, 29, 24, 30, 21, 26, 30?

• A. 26

• B. 24

• C. 30

• D. all of the above

10. What is the median for the data: 92, 89, 83, 76, 56, 90, 86, 79, 66?

• A. 90

• B. 56

• C. 83

• D. 79