Calculating Measures of Center

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

__________ 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

The following data set represents the number of pieces of candy in an individual candy serving bag. The median of this data is (a)   .

Find the mean of the following numbers 40, 38, 46, 38, 51 and 57.

• 45

• 40

• 38

• 35

Find the median:
3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 1

• 3 and 4

• There isn't one

• 3.5

• 3

• The mean is one point lower than the median

• The mean is four points lower than the median

• The mean is one point higher than the median

• The mean is four points higher than the median

What is the definition of the mean?

• The average

• The middle number

• The difference between the highest and lowest numbers

• The number that occurs the most

What is the mean of these numbers?
4,5,5,2,3,3,2,8

• 40

• 24

• 4

• 256

What is another word for average?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range