an's scores on five quizzes were 2, 8, 8, 9, and 10.

Is the mean or median the best measure of center to summarize Jan's scores?

A.
median

B.
mean

C.
Both mean and median summarize the data equally well.

Question

an's scores on five quizzes were 2, 8, 8, 9, and 10. 

Is the mean or median the best measure of center to summarize Jan's scores?
 
 A.
median
 
 B.
mean
 
 C.
Both mean and median summarize the data equally well.

vocaloid · Answer

notice how 2 is much smaller than the others? 2 is an outlier, and since we have an outlier, we want to use median

teddyiswatshecallsme · Answer

Which one do you think it is? 

Mean is the average, and Median is the Middle value of a data set..

anonymous · Answer

i was thinking A?

anonymous · Answer

also the mean is 7.4

teddyiswatshecallsme · Answer

So using Median as @vocaloid said we're going to have to find the median. What is the median in this data set?

anonymous · Answer

8

teddyiswatshecallsme · Answer

Oh crap i misunderstood the question. @Vocaloid already gave you the answer. XD  It's A....

anonymous · Answer

XD

teddyiswatshecallsme · Answer

My bad, I thought it was asking for the median. >.<