Measures of Central Tendency

What is the mode of the following data set...

4 , 8 , 5 , 17 , 5 , 4 , 9 , 5 , 6 , 82

• 4

• 9

• 6

• 5

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

• 84

• 90

• 85

• 88

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

• 2

• 5

• 7

• 4

What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?

• Pick your favorite number

• Add the two numbers in the middle & then divide by two.

• They are both the median

• None of the above

What is the mode in the following numbers? [3, 24, 3, 7, 30, 1, 3, 7, 3]

• 3 and 7 both are modes

• 1 and 7 both are modes

• 3 only

• 7 only

What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?

• Pick your favorite number

• They are both the median

• Find the mean of the two numbers

• None of the above

Find the mean of these numbers:

5, 11, 2, 12, 4, 2

• 2

• 6

• 4.5

• 5

The average temperatures across Washington, Texas, Oklahoma, New York, Missouri, Georgia, Hawaii and Michigan are 48°F, 65°F, 60°F, 45°F, 54°F, 64°F, 70°F and 45°F respectively. Find the median.

• 25° F

• 57° F

• 56°

• 50° F

Alfonso plays basketball on a team. He has played three games so far. In the first game, he scored 10 points. In the second game, he scored 16 points. In the third game, he scored 7 points. What is Alfonso's average points per game?

• 9 Points

• 10 Points

• 11 Points

What measure of central tendency (mean, median or mode) would be best for the following set of data?
0, 89, 92, 97, 99, 100

• Mode, because it is the one that shows up the most.

• Median, because there is an outlier.  The outlier could be incorrect and would influence the mean too much.

• Mean, because there is not an outlier.  You should always use the mean.

• There is not a best measure of central tendency for this data.