Mean, Median, Mode, Range, and MAD Vocabulary

Choose an example of calculating the mode?

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What is the mode in mathematics?

• The mode in mathematics is the average of all numbers in a set.

• The mode in mathematics is the number that is the smallest in a set of numbers.

• The mode in mathematics is the number that appears most frequently in a set of numbers.

• The mode in mathematics is the number that is the largest in a set of numbers.

What is the median in mathematics?

• The median in mathematics is the middle value of a set of numbers when they are arranged in order. If there is an even number of values, the median is the average of the two middle numbers.

• The median is the average of the first and last values in a set of numbers

• The median is the highest value in a set of numbers

• The median is the sum of all values in a set of numbers

Share a scenario where finding the median would be useful.

• Determining the range of a set of numbers

• Calculating the mode of a dataset

• Calculating the median price of houses for a better idea of the “typical” home price, since the median is less influenced by outliers (like multi-million dollar homes) compared to the mean.

• Finding the mean of a sample

What is the mean in mathematics?

• The mean is the mode of a set of numbers.

• The mean is the average of a set of numbers. Adding all the data values, getting a total and dividing by how many data values were added.

• The mean is the highest number in a set of numbers.

• The mean is the lowest number in a set of numbers.

What is the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) in mathematics?

• MAD is used to determine the range of a data set

• MAD is a measure of central tendency in a set of data

• MAD is a measure of variability in a set of data, calculated by taking the mean of the absolute deviations of each data point from the mean of the data set.

• MAD is calculated by taking the median of the absolute deviations

Choose a scenario where determining the range would be useful.

• Calculating the volume of a sphere

• Calculating car travel distance.

• Determining the color of a shirt

• Predicting the weather forecast

Choose an example of calculating the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)?

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Choose an example of calculating the mean?

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Share a scenario where calculating the mean would be useful.

• Human Resource managers often calculate the mean salary of individuals in a certain field so that they can know what type of “average” salary to offer to new employees.

• Calculating the mean is primarily used for qualitative data analysis.

• Calculating the mean is useful for identifying outliers in a dataset.

• Calculating the mean helps in determining the maximum value in a dataset.