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Mean, Median and Mode: Measures of Central Tendency

This document defines and provides examples of mean, median, and mode - three common measures of central tendency. It explains that mean is the average and is calculated by summing all data values and dividing by the number of data points. Median is the middle value when data is ordered from lowest to highest. Mode is the data value that occurs most frequently, and there can be more than one mode. An outlier is a data point far from the rest. Range is the difference between the highest and lowest values.

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Mean, Median and Mode: Measures of Central Tendency

This document defines and provides examples of mean, median, and mode - three common measures of central tendency. It explains that mean is the average and is calculated by summing all data values and dividing by the number of data points. Median is the middle value when data is ordered from lowest to highest. Mode is the data value that occurs most frequently, and there can be more than one mode. An outlier is a data point far from the rest. Range is the difference between the highest and lowest values.

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Mean, Median

and Mode

Mean, Median, and Mode

Measures of Central
Tendency
Mean, Median
and Mode
What is the mean?

Mean, Median, and Mode

The SUM of the data, divided by the


number of items in the set of data …..
commonly called “the average”.
Mean, Median
and Mode

What is the mode?

Mean, Median, and Mode

The data item that appears the


“MOST”
Mean, Median
and Mode
What if the data all appear the same
number of times?

Mean, Median, and Mode

1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4
1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4

Mean, Median, and Mode

There is NO mode
Can there be more than one mode?

1,2,2,3,4,4,5,6,7

Mean, Median, and Mode


1,2,2,3,4,4,5,6,7

Yes, there are two modes.


What are they?

Mean, Median, and Mode

2 and 4
Mean, Median
and Mode

What is the median?

Mean, Median, and Mode


What is the median?
The middle number in the set of
data when written “in order” (first
step we do)
Given: 2,14,28,0,1,1
Mean, Median, and Mode
Reorder from least to greatest
0,1,1,14,28
The middle number is 1
What if you have an
even set of numbers?
Given: 10, 0, 20, 30
Reorder from least to greatest
0,10, 20, 30
Mean, Median, and Mode
Add the two middle numbers
Divide by 2.together.
What is your median?
15
Mean, Median Which will an
outlier affect
and Mode the most: the
mean,
What is an outlier? median or
mode? (Hint:
Think of class
Mean, Median, and Mode
test scores

A data item that is far apart from


the rest of the data items
Mean, Median
and Mode

What is the range?

Mean, Median, and Mode

The difference between the


largest and smallest data values
Step 1 –
Mean, Median Rewrite in
and Mode order from
least to
Let’s try one … greatest

Mean, Median, and Mode

2, 1, 0, 1, 5, 3, 4, 2, 0, 3, 1, 2
Mean, Median and Mode

Mean 2 Range 5
Median 2 Mode 1 and 2

Mean, Median, and Mode

2, 1, 0, 1, 5, 3, 4, 2, 0, 3, 1, 2
Mean, Median and Mode
Test scores in an Algebra class:
99, 85, 80, 25, 99, 100
What is the mean, median, mode
and range?
Mean, Median, and Mode

Mean 81.3 Median 92


Mode 99 Range 75

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