Appropriate Measure of Center

What is the most appropriate measure of center for the following data set?
3, 90, 92, 91, 94, 99, 95

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Which measure of center best represents this set of data?
red, blue, red, yellow, red, green, black, red, white, red, red

• Mean

• median

• mode

The salary of the employees in the office were $15,000; $18,000; $16,000; $14,000; $90,000; and $17,000.  What is the best measure of the central tendency of the salaries?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

What measure of center is best to use when we have outliers?

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

If you want to find out which color MOST students favor, you should use which measure of center?

• Mode

• Median

• Mean

• Range

When analyzing numerical data, the best measure of center with NO outlier is:

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

What is the most appropriate measure of center for the following data set?
12, 10, 11, 11, 12, 13, 10

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

To find the mean of a set of numbers, add up all the items and divide by...

• 2

• The minimum

• The maximum

• The number of items

What is the mode?

• number occuring the most

• the average

• Difference between maximum and minimum

• the middle number

The number of miles that Jenna cycled each week for a 7-week period is shown: 
36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31 
What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?

• 24

• 36

• 39

• 52