Quiz about Choosing the Best Measures

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Median

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Mean

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Mode

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Range

Question 2

Which measure of central tendency best represents this set of data:
3, 4, 5, 4, 5

Accepted Answer

Mean

Answer

Median

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Mode

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Range

Question 3

Determine the most suitable measure of central tendency for the diagram given.

Accepted Answer

Mode

Answer

Median

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Mean

Question 4

Determine the most suitable measure of central tendency for the diagram given.

Accepted Answer

Mode

Answer

Median

Answer

Mean

Question 5

Which measure of variability should you use?

Accepted Answer

standard deviation

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IQR

Question 6

Which measure of variability should you use?

Accepted Answer

IQR

Answer

standard deviation

Question 7

Which measure of variability should you use?

Accepted Answer

IQR

Answer

standard deviation

Question 8

Determine the most suitable measure of central tendency for the diagram given.

Accepted Answer

Median

Answer

Mode

Answer

Mean

Question 9

Determine the most suitable measure of central tendency for the diagram given.

Accepted Answer

Median

Answer

Mode

Answer

Mean

Question 10

Determine the most suitable measure of central tendency for the diagram given.

Accepted Answer

Mean

Answer

Mode

Answer

Median

Question 11

Measures of central tendency which is greatly affected by extremely low or high scores.

Accepted Answer

Mean

Answer

Median

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Mode

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Frequency

Question 12

Which measure of center best represents this set of data?
12, 13, 11, 16, 31, 14, 10, 15

Accepted Answer

median

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Mean

Answer

mode

Question 13

Which measure of center best represents this set of data?
red, blue, red, yellow, red, green, black, red, white, red, red

Accepted Answer

mode

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Mean

Answer

median

Question 14

The salary of the employees in the office were $15,000; $18,000; $16,000; $14,000; $90,000; and $17,000. What is the best measure of the central tendency of the salaries?

Accepted Answer

Median

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Mean

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Mode

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Range

Question 15

Which measure of central tendency is least affected by extreme values in a data set?

Accepted Answer

Median

Answer

Mean

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Mode

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Range

Question 16

If you want to find out which color MOST students favor, you should use which measure of center?

Accepted Answer

Mode

Answer

Median

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Mean

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Range

Question 17

What is the most appropriate measure of center for the following data set?
12, 10, 11, 11, 12, 13, 10

Accepted Answer

Mean

Answer

Median

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Mode

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Range

Question 18

What is the most appropriate measure of variability to use when the mean is the best measure of center?

Accepted Answer

mean absolute deviation

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interquartile range

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range

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mode

Question 19

What is the most appropriate measure of variability to use when the median is the best measure of center?

Accepted Answer

interquartile range

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range

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mean absolute deviation

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spread

Question 20

The Table above shows the points scored by the JV basketball team in their first seven games. Calculate the mean, median, mode and range. Which statistical measure makes the team sound the best?

Accepted Answer

Mean

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Median

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Mode

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Range

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