Question

Determine which measure of central tendency is the greatest for the following set of data?

3, 5, 2, 7, 7, 1, 8, 7

Mode

Median

Mean

Outlier

Answer 1

help @cwrw238

Answer 2

please

Answer 3

google 'measures of central tendency'

Answer 4

thanks @cwrw238 but stick around it might not help too much

Answer 5

it did not help

Answer 6

well the outlier is not a measure of central tendency

what is the mode in your set of numbers? (the number that occurs most)

Answer 7

7 @cwrw238

Answer 8

right taht was easy -
and how do you work out the mean? (the average of the set of numbers)

Answer 9

5 @cwrw238

Answer 10

right

and the median is the middle value when the numbers are arranged in ascending order. I there are 2 middle values you take the mean of these 2 values so we have

1 2 3 5 7 7 7 8


what are the 3 middle values ?

Answer 11

* 2 middle values

Answer 12

(5+7)/2=6 @cwrw238 now what

Answer 13

right
so we have

mean = 5
median = 6
mode = 7

and the questions aks what is the greatest of these measures

??

Answer 14

mode thanks i have a few more if you are up for it

Answer 15

no more thanks i gotta go

Answer 16

bye