Quiz on Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, and Mode

What is the mean of the following data set: 24, 25, 31, 50, 53, 66, 78?

• 47

• 48

• 49

• 50

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Which measure of central tendency is most affected by outliers?

• Mean

• Median

• Range

• Mode

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What is the median of the data set: 12, 2, 16, 8, 14, 10, 6?

• 8

• 10

• 12

• 14

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What is the mode of the following data set: 76, 81, 79, 80, 78, 83, 77, 79, 82, 75?

• 81

• 80

• 79

• 76

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What is the mean age of Mark's employees if their ages are: 55, 63, 34, 59, 29, 46, 51, 41?

• 46.25

• 45.5

• 47.25

• 48

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Two weeks before Mark opened Technology Titans, he launched his company Web site. During those 14 days, Mark had an average of 24.5 hits on his Web site per day. In the first two days that Technology Titans was open for business, the Web site received 42 and 53 hits respectively. What is the new average number of hits per day on Mark's website after receiving 42 and 53 hits on the first two days?

• 25.5

• 26.375

• 27.375

• 28.5

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What is the median of the data set: 7, 9, 3, 4, 11, 1, 8, 6, 1, 4?

• 6

• 5.5

• 5

• 4

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You begin to observe to the color of clothing your employees wear. Your goal is to find out what color is worn most frequently so that you can offer company shirts to your employees.

Monday: Red, Blue, Black, Pink, Green, and Blue

Tuesday: Green, Blue, Pink, White, Blue, and Blue

Wednesday: Orange, White, White, Blue, Blue, and Red

Thursday: Brown, Black, Brown, Blue, White, and Blue

Friday: Blue, Black, Blue, Red, Red, and Pink

What is the mode of the colors worn by employees?

• Red

• Green

• Blue

• Black

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If a data set has more than two values that occur with the same greatest frequency, it is called:

• Bimodal

• Multimodal

• Non-modal

• Unimodal

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Which measure of central tendency divides the data into two halves?

• Mode

• Mean

• Median

• Range

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