Measures of Central Tendency

Which measure of central tendency is algebraically defined?

• Mode

• Mean

• Median

• Range

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: The mean is the best measure of central tendency to describe symmetric data sets.

• True

• False

True or False: The mode is the best measure of central tendency for all asymmetric data sets.

• True

• False

What is the median number of miles Sally ran?

HINT: Median is like medium... It's in the middle.

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Match the following vocabulary with the definitions

• Measures of Central Tendency

• the difference between the largest and smallest values in a data set

• Mode

• the middle value, when the data is ordered from least to greatest

• Range

• the average of values, sum of all values divided by how many values

• Mean

• the most frequently occurring value(s)

• Median

• a value that describes the center or middle of a data set

What is the MEDIAN of this data

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

True or False: The mode is the measure of central tendency most affected by an outlier.

• True

• False

It is possible to not have a mode for a sample data set.

• True

• False

Calculate the value of the mean for the following data set: 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

• 1

• 2

• 2.5

• 6