Measures of Central Tendency of Ungrouped data

1.    Which measure of central tendency refers to the middle value that splits the dataset into half?

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

2. What measure of central tendency refers to the value that occurs the most frequently in a data set?

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

3. Which measure of central tendency can be used in finding the average of your grades in a quarter ?

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

4. What is the mean of the data below?

10

6

5

7

12

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

5. What is the median of the data below?

7

12

10

5

6

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 12

Answer explanation

Arrange the data either in increasing or decreasing order

5, 6, 7, 10, 12

or

12, 10, 7, 6, 5

The median is 7.

6. The mode of the data below is/are_____.

12 , 8 , 10

11 , 9 , 12

10 , 7 , 13

• 10

• 12

• 13

• 10 and 12

7. What is the median of the scores 8, 6, 4, 10, 7, 5?

• 6

• 7

• 6.5

• 7.5