Choosing Mean or Median

The salary of the employees in the office were $15,000; $18,000; $16,000; $14,000; $90,000; and $17,000.  What is the best measure of the central tendency of the salaries?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Which measure of central tendency best represents this set of data:
3, 18, 2, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Which measure of central tendency best represents this set of data:
3, 4, 5, 4, 5

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

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

(a)  

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is the relationship of the mean and the median?

• The mean is greater than the median.

• The mean is less than the median.

• The mean and median are about equal.

• There is not enough information to know.

find the median using the table (ignore it says item 3)

• 1

• 2

• 2.5

• 3

A store sells loaves of bread. The table below shows the number of loaves of bread sold each day for a week. What is the difference between the mean and median number of loaves of bread sold?

• 8

• 12

• 19

• 25

What is the relationship of the mean and the median?

• The mean is greater than the median.

• The mean is less than the median.

• The mean and median are about equal.

• There is not enough information to know.