WorksheetsMeasures of Central Tendency, MAD, and Box and Whiskers
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 44mins
9, 8, 12, 6, 10
What is the mean number of pages she wrote per day?
What is the mode?
4 , 8 , 5 , 17 , 5 , 4 , 9 , 5 , 6 , 82
4
9
6
5
Which is the MIDDLE of an ordered set of data?
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
Which is a synonym for "average?"
mean
median
mode
range
5, 11, 2, 12, 4, 2
spread
mean
outlier
median
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 would influence the mean too much.
Mean, because you should always use the mean.
There is not a best measure of central tendency for this data.
This distribution is (a) so we should use the (b) as a measure of center and the (c) as a measure of variability.
Dr. Dre is a dentist. He needs to report on the average (Mean) number of cavities that his patients have.
1, 0, 1, 5, 0, 3, 4. What is the average number of cavities?
14
2
7
1
Find the median of this data set: 3, 7, 9, 6, 12.
6
7
9
12
Which of the following sets of numbers has a mode of 5?
1, 2, 5, 5, 7, 8
3, 4, 5, 6, 7
5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7
2, 3, 4, 5, 6
True or False: The mean, median, and mode must all be equal to each other for all sample data sets.
True
False
True or False: It is possible to not have a mode for a sample data set.
True
False
