Measures of central tendency

The mean of a data set can be found by...

• subtracting the minimum from the maximum

• choosing the middle number after the numbers are put in order

• choosing the number that occurs most

• finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set

The median of a data set can be found by...

• subtracting the minimum from the maximum

• choosing the middle number after the numbers are put in order

• choosing the number that occurs most

• finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set

The mode of a data set can be found by...

• subtracting the minimum from the maximum

• choosing the middle number after the numbers are put in order

• choosing the number that occurs most

• finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set

The range of a data set can be found by...

• subtracting the minimum from the maximum

• choosing the middle number after the numbers are put in order

• choosing the number that occurs most

• finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set

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

• 34

• 32

• 12

• 65

What is the range of 45, 56, 23, 74, and 63?

• 18

• 51

• 23

• 56

Find the mean of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

• 7

• 3

• 4

• 2

An OUTLIER in a set of data is a number that is far away from the rest of the numbers.

Identify the OUTLIER in this data set.

5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 53

• 5

• 53

• 0

• 15

Find the median of these numbers:
4, 2, 7, 5, 3, 5

• 4
• 5
• 4.5
• 6

How many people have 4 or more pets?

• 8

• 3

• 6

• 4