A team has twelve 15-year-old players and eight 16-year-old players. The coach of the team is 43 years old. Which measure of central tendency best represents the ages of the team, including the coach, and why?

Mode, because it includes the age of everyone on the team.
Mean, because it includes the age of everyone on the team.
Median, because it is not affected by the age of the coach.
Mean, because it is not affected by the age of the coach.

Question

A team has twelve 15-year-old players and eight 16-year-old players. The coach of the team is 43 years old. Which measure of central tendency best represents the ages of the team, including the coach, and why?

Mode, because it includes the age of everyone on the team.
Mean, because it includes the age of everyone on the team.
Median, because it is not affected by the age of the coach.
Mean, because it is not affected by the age of the coach.

kropot72 · Answer

The last two choices cannot be correct, the reason being that the question requires the age of the coach to be included in the measure. Do you know what the mode is?

kropot72 · Answer

The mode is the value that occurs most frequently. Chosing the mode would exclude the coach and many of the players from the measure. What is the remaining choice?