Central Tendency and Outlier

Harley surveyed his classmates about how many siblings they have and got the following data: 0, 1, 3, 5, 4, 2, 2, 9, 1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3  Which  measure is best measure of center of the data?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

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

• 2

• 5

• 7

• 4

In the last 5 games, Kevin Durant scored 22, 22, 18, 12, and 21 points. What is Durant's Mean (Average) score per game?

•  19 points per game

• 95 points per game

• 18.6 points per game

• 22 points per game

What is the mode of the scores?

• 24

• 14

• 34

• 30

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.

Find the median: 12, 15, 13, 18, 23, 5?

• 14

• 16

• 16.5

• 18

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

The ____________ is the measure of central tendency that represents the middle number in a set of data.

• Mode

• Average

• Principal

• Median

In order to find the ____________, we add up all of the numbers in the data set and then divide the sum by the number of numbers.

• Average

• Mode

• Upper Quartile

• Median

How do we find the median when there are exactly TWO numbers in the middle of the data set?

• We add up all of the numbers and divide by the number of numbers.

• Subtract the lower extreme from the upper extreme.

• Add the two numbers together and divide the sum by 2.

• Use the formula I = P x r x t