Choose the Best Measure of Central Tendency

Which measure of central tendency best represents this set of data:
13, 13, 11, 13, 13, 12, 13

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

If you score 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests, what would your median score be? 

• 84

• 90

• 85

• 88

Find the mean of these numbers:
5, 11, 2, 12, 4, 2

• 4.1

• 6

• 4.5

• 4

Harley surveyed his classmates about how many siblings they have and got the following data: 0, 1, 3, 5, 4, 2, 2, 9, 1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3 Which measure is best measure of center of the data?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

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

• 2

• 5

• 7

• 4

Kayte took a sample of 50 pieces of data.  She added up all of the pieces of data and then divided by 50.  What measure of center is she working on?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Which measure of center best represents this set of data?
12, 13, 11, 16, 31, 14, 10, 15

• Mean

• median

• mode

What measure of center is best to use when we have outliers?

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

When analyzing numerical data, the best measure of center with NO outlier is:

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

For a dataset with a skewed distribution, which measure of central tendency is most appropriate?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range