Central Tendency and Outlier

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

• Mode

• Outlier

• Mean

• Median

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

A survey was conducted by a chocolate manufacturing company, about the likes and dislikes of the flavors they marketed. Which measure of central tendency will help them most to make their choice of the most liked flavor?

• Mean

• Range

• Mode

• Median

The MEAN is the most effective measure of central tendency EXCEPT when _?

• when an outlier is present in the data set

• when there is no mode

• when there is NOT an outlier in the data set

• When the range is not measureable

Which measure of central tendency best represents this set of data:
3, 18, 2, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

The prices at several different stores for a pair of shoes are shown below.
$78, $79, $81, $82, $83
Two days later, another store has the same shoes on sale for $65. How does the new price affect the data?

• Only the range was affected.

• The median increased, and the range increased.

• The mean increased, and the range increased.

• The mean decreased and the range increased.

Kayte took a sample of 50 pieces of data.  She added up all of the pieces of data and then divided by 50.  What measure of center is she working on?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

A value that is much higher or much lower than the other values in a set of data.

• Outlier

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

Identify the outlier for the given data?

23, 34, 27, 7, 30, 26, 28, 31, 34

• 7

• 23

• 31

• 34

What does CENTRAL TENDENCY measure?

• The trend in a data set.

• A way of describing the mid most point of a data set.

• The outliers identified in a data set

• None of the above