Measures of Central Tendency

Gary has taken an aptitude test 8 times and his scores are 96, 98, 98, 105, 36, 87, 95, and 93. Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate for his scores?

• Median

• Mode

• Mean

• Range

The scores shown below were received by four science teams named A, B, C, and D in an examination. Each team reported an "average" of 90. Which of the following is true for the measure of central tendency that was used by the team?

• Team D used mean

• Team C used mode

• Team A used mean

• Team B used median

The price of a cheese pizza in five different pizza delivery shops are 5, 5, 4, 6, 6, 8, and $7. Find the mean price of a cheese pizza.

• $7

• $4

• $5

• $6

he number of roses grown in each garden in a particular month is represented in a pictograph. What is the mean number of roses grown in that month?

• 70

• 7

• 20

• 280

Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate for a data that describes the heights of grade 5 students?

• Mode

• Outlier

• Mean

• Median

Find the mode of the data set, Identify the outlier, and find the mode excluding outliers:

100, 100, 100, 20, 120, 90.

• 110, 120, 100

• 100,100, 100

• 20, 100, 20

• 100, 20, 100

The temperature received till Friday was 34, 38, 36, 30 and 31. If the temperature on Saturday drops to 11^oC, how does the inclusion of Saturday's temperature affect the weekly mean temperature?

• increase

• decreases

• does not change

• can not be determined

By how much will the mean vary if the outlier is included?

79, 69, 81, 73, 38, 86, 68

• 70.6

• 5.9

• 76

• 5.4

What effect will the outlier have on the median of the data if the outlier is excluded?

4, 6, 3, 4, 3, 6, 24

• insufficient information to conclude

• increases

• decrease

• does not change

What effect will the outlier have on the median of the data if the outlier is excluded? 2, 4, 1, 2, 8, 4, 22

• does not change

• insufficient information to conclude

• decreases

• increases