Range Mode Mean Median Vocabulary

Find the median for the following set of data:

13, 15, 21, 13, 13, 27, 14, 14, 22, 9, 17

• 27

• 14

• 13

• 9

To find the median by looking at the data, you should ___

• find the middle number

• put the numbers in order from least to greatest first

• find out how many repeat

• subtract the first and last number

If you have an outlier, the _____ is used to describe the data.

• mean

• median

• mode

If there is not an outlier, the _____ is used to describe the data.

• mean

• median

• mode

When there are an overwhelming number of data points that are identical, the ______ is used to describe the data.

• mean

• median

• mode

The __________ is the middle number, or the mean of the two middle numbers, of the ordered data in a set.

• mean

• range

• median

• mean absolute deviation

The __________ of the data set is the sum of the data divided by the number of pieces of data.

• third quartile

• mean

• measures of center

• mode

The __________ is the number or numbers that occur most frequently in a data set.

• average

• mode

• quartiles

• mean

The __________ is the difference between the greatest and least data values.

• measures of center

• third quartile

• range

• outliers

__________ is a common term used to refer to the measure of central tendency otherwise known as the mean.

• measures of center

• mean absolute deviation

• quartiles

• average