Prob. & Stats.-Measures of Central Tendency

The Mean, Median, Mode, and Range are also known as?

• Central Tendency Measures

• Middle values

• Center values

• Tendency of the middle

What is the mode?

• The middle number in an ordered set of data.

• The difference between the greatest and least amount in the data set

• The value that occurs the most often in a data set

• The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size

Which is a synonym for "average?"

• median

• mode

• range

• mean

What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?

• Pick your favorite number

• They are both the median

• Find the mean of the two numbers

• None of the above

If you score 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests for the unit, what would your median score be?

• 84

• 90

• 85

• 88

Find the mean of these numbers:

5, 11, 2, 12, 4, 2

• 2

• 6

• 4.5

• 5

The range of the numbers 34, 32, 12, 65, and 45 is...

• 11

• 32

• 53

• 38

The average temperatures across Washington, Texas, Oklahoma, New York, Missouri, Georgia, Hawaii and Michigan are 48°F, 65°F, 60°F, 45°F, 54°F, 64°F, 70°F and 45°F respectively. Find the median.

• 25° F

• 57° F

• 56°

• 50° F

Alfonso plays basketball on a team. He has played three games so far. In the first game, he scored 10 points. In the second game, he scored 16 points. In the third game, he scored 7 points. What is Alfonso's average points per game?

• 9 Points

• 10 Points

• 11 Points

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