Measures of Central Tendency

True or False: The mean, median, and mode must all be equal to each other for all sample data sets.

• True

• False

True or False: The mean is the best measure of central tendency to describe symmetric data sets.

• True

• False

True or False: The mode is the best measure of central tendency for all asymmetric data sets.

• True

• False

True or False: The mode is the measure of central tendency most affected by an outlier.

• True

• False

True or False: It is possible to not have a mode for a sample data set.

• True

• False

Calculate the value of the mean for the following data set: 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

• 1

• 2

• 2.5

• 6

Calculate the value of the mode for the following data set: 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

• 1

• 2

• 2.5

• 6

Calculate the value of the median for the following data set: 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

• 1

• 2

• 2.5

• 6

Which measure of central tendency is algebraically defined?

• Mode

• Mean

• Median

• Range

Sample data sets can have multiple values for which measure of central tendency?

• Range

• Mean

• Median

• Mode