Question

Which measure of central tendency best describes this data set?

fifty-two, fifty-eight, fifty-three, fifty-seven, ninety-one

Mean

Median

Mode

Range

Answer 1

WHat do you think would be the best answer here? I'd go with median, since that outlier number 91 would throw off any mean measurement, and there aren't any repeating numbers, etc.

Answer 2

Do you think you can help me with this too?


Without using a calculator, determine which measure of central tendency is the greatest for the following set of data?

3, 5, 2, 7, 7, 1, twenty, 7

Range

Median

Mean

Mode

Answer 3

@Endo

Answer 4

Do you have a good understanding of what each of these measures of central tendency are? Range is the count from lowest to the highest number in your set, median is the one item that lands in the center of your set, mean is the average of the numbers in your set, and mode is the number that occurs the most often.

Answer 5

So which one of these options gives you the biggest number?

Answer 6

okay i would say its the mode because 7 is used 3 times

Answer 7

wait the biggest number hold on

Answer 8

i would say mean

Answer 9

Good idea ... the mean would be higher than the mode. BUT, wouldn't there be one even larger than the mean? Think about the range, what would it be?

Answer 10

okay hold on..

Answer 11

it would be range because if you add the numbers up 20 + 1 = 21 and none of the other ones are that high

Answer 12

is that right? is it the range?

Answer 13

I believe that is correct. The range would give you the greatest value.