Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Vocabulary

Find the mean for the following set of data:

65, 72, 54, 48, 60, 68, 79

round your answer to the nearest whole number

• 60

• 62

• 64

• 66

Find the range for the following set of data:

• 14

• 24

• 31

• 36

Find the median for the following set of data:

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

• 27

• 14

• 13

• 9

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

• mean

• median

• mode

You find the range of the data by ____

• max minus min

• min minus max

• max minus upper quartile

• lower quartile minus min

the lower quartile is the ___

• median

• median of the lower half of the data

• median of the upper half of the data

• mean

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

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