Measures of Central Tendency

What is another word for AVERAGE?

• Mode

• Median

• Mean

• Not nice

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Calculate the mean.

2, 9, 10, 6, 8

• 8

• 4

• 7

• 22

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Mr Holland gives his class a test. The results are:

34%, 44%, 75%, 21%, 98%, 86%, 71%, 76%, 63%, 55%

How many students scored above the mean percentage?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

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

• 2
• The minimum
• The maximum
• The number of items

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Find the median for the set of numbers:

23, 37, 11, 58, 13, 45

• 30

• 23

• 37

• 28

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When finding the median, what do you do if there are two middle numbers?

• Add them together and divide by 2
• Write them both as the answer
• Give up
• Pick one

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What is the median?

• biggest- smallest
• average
• the middle #
• # that happens the most

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What is the MEDIAN of this data

• 95
• 90
• 100
• 40

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The mode is the number ________________________.

• you see most

• you see least

• you don't see

• you see first

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At Donald's Donuts the number of donut holes in a bag can vary. Help Donald find the MODE.

12,10,10,10,13,12,11,13,10

• 10

• 12

• 10 and 12

• No Mode

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