The data set gives the number of hours it took each of the 10 students in a cooking class to master a particular technique.

{5, 3, 5, 30, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5}

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The data set gives the number of hours it took each of the 10 students in a cooking class to master a particular technique. 

{5, 3, 5, 30, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5}

anonymous · Answer

what is the question?

anonymous · Answer

The best measure of center for this data set is... and its value is...

anonymous · Answer

well, we know not to use the mean for this because there is an outlier...

anonymous · Answer

its the median i got that far i just dont know the value

anonymous · Answer

okay, so rearrange the data in order

anonymous · Answer

{3,3,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,30}

anonymous · Answer

3,3,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,30

anonymous · Answer

no find the middle of that data

anonymous · Answer

oops now not no

anonymous · Answer

4,5

anonymous · Answer

okay, what is in the middle of 4 and 5?

anonymous · Answer

thx

anonymous · Answer

Is there any other measures of central tendency you could use, or is it just median or mean?