Comparing Central Tendency

What is the mode?

• happening the most

• the average

• biggest - smallest

• the middle #

What is the mode?
100, 101, 102, 100, 101, 102, 100, 101, 102, 100

• 100

• 102

• 101

• 103

The number of pages that Carolyn wrote in her journal each day from Monday to Friday is shown below: 
9, 8, 12, 6, 10
What is the mean number of pages she wrote per day?

• 5

• 6

• 9

• 11

If the mean of a data set is 10, what is the missing piece of data? 
5, 4, 7, 15, 12, ___

• 7

• 17

• 20

• 16

Which number is not the mean, median, mode, or range of the data set 4, 3, 15, 11, 3, 8, 7, 5?

• 3

• 6

• 12

• 11

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

The Mean, Median, Mode, and Range are also known as?

• Central Tendency Measures

• Middle values

• Center values

• Tendency of the middle

What is the mode?

• The middle number in an ordered set of data.

• The difference between the greatest and least amount in the data set

• The value that occurs the most often in a data set

• The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size

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

The mean of the data set can be found by...

• finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set

• subtracting the minimum from the maximum

• choosing the middle number

• choosing the number that occurs most