Mean, Median, Mode, & Range

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What is the mean of a set of numbers?

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The mean is the average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding all the numbers together and dividing by the total count of numbers.

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How do you find the median of a data set?

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To find the median, first sort the data from least to greatest. If there is an odd number of values, the median is the middle number. If there is an even number of values, the median is the average of the two middle numbers.

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What is the mode of a set of numbers?

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The mode is the number that appears most frequently in a data set.

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How do you calculate the range of a data set?

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The range is calculated by subtracting the smallest number in the data set from the largest number.

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If the data set is 5, 11, 2, 12, 4, 2, what is the mean?

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The mean is 6.

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What does it mean if a data set has no mode?

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If a data set has no mode, it means that no number appears more than once.

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What is the first step in finding the median?

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The first step in finding the median is to sort the data from least to greatest.

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In the data set 18, 4, 12, 2, 13, 18, 2, 2, 10, what is the range?

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The range is 16.

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What is the median of the numbers 3, 1, 4, 2?

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The median is 2.5 (average of 2 and 3 after sorting).

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If the mode of a data set is 7, what does that indicate?

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It indicates that the number 7 appears more frequently than any other number in the data set.

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