Measures of Central Tendency Outlier

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

The stem-and-leaf plot shows the age of all the U.S. Olympic Soccer Team players. Find the median age of the players.

• 26.5

• 26

• 25

• 25.5

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

• Mode

• Outlier

• Mean

• 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

What measure of central tendency (mean, median or mode) would be best for the following set of data?

• Mode, because it is the one that shows up the most.

• Median, because there is an outlier. The outlier would influence the mean too much.

• Mean, because you should always use the mean.

• There is not a best measure of central tendency for this data.

The number of pages that Carolyn wrote in her journal each day from Monday to Friday is shown below: 
9, 8, 12, 6, 10
What is the mean number of pages she wrote per day?

• 5

• 6

• 9

• 11

What is the mode?

• The value that occurs the most often in a data set

• The middle number in an ordered set of data

• The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size

• The sum of the between the greatest and the least elements, divided by two

A data set can have more than one _______

• Median

• Mode

• Mean

• Midrange

What is the mode?

• 4

• 9

• 6

• 5

If you score 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests, what would your median score be? 

• 84

• 90

• 85

• 88