Measures of Central Tendency Quiz

What does 'central tendency' refer to in statistics?

• The highest number in a data set

• The arrangement of data in increasing order

• The difference between the largest and smallest values

• A value that represents a typical or central point of a dataset

Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

What is the mean of a data set?

• The number that appears most often

• The highest value minus the lowest value

• The middle number in an ordered data set

• The sum of all values divided by the number of values

What is the mode in a set of ungrouped data?

• The difference between the two most extreme values

• The average of the highest and lowest numbers

• The value that occurs most frequently

• The midpoint of the data set

Which measure of central tendency shows the middle value of an ordered data set?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range