Mean, Median, Mode, Range Intro

What is the mode of a data set?

• The middle number.

• The average.

• The number that occurs the most.

• The smallest number in a data set.

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What is the median of a data set?

• The largest number minus the smallest.

• Adding up all of the numbers and dividing by how many there are.

• The number that occurs the most.

• The number in the middle of the data set.

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What is the mean of a data set?

• The average; adding up all of the numbers and dividing by the amount of numbers.

• The middle number in a data set.

• The most common number in a data set.

• The meanest number in a data set.

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What is the range of a data set?

• The middle number in the set.

• The maximum value minus the minimum value.

• The most common number in the set.

• The maximum number divided by 2.

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What do you think the difference is between the mean and the median in a set of data? They both give us a "middle" or "average" number. Why would I use one over the other?

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What might the range tell you about a set of a data? (Remember, it is the maximum minus the minimum value). Why might you want to find it? How could you use it to compare two different sets of data?

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