M2L5: Measures of Central Tendency

Question 1

is the score or observation that occurs most frequently in a set

Answer 1

Mode

Question 2

is the middle score when the observations are arranged from highest to lowest or lowest to highest

Answer 2

Median

Question 3

is obtained by dividing the sum of all observations in a set of values by the number of observations

Answer 3

Mean

Question 4

It is associated with nominal data

Answer 4

Mode

Question 5

A set of scores with two modes is said to be _______.

Answer 5

bimodal

Question 6

More than two modes, we have a?

Answer 6

multimodal distribution

Question 7

It can also happen that a distribution may not have a mode.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

are numerical measures that describe
a distribution by providing information on the central tendency of the distribution, the width of the distribution, and the distribution’s shape.

Answer 8

Descriptive statistics

Question 9

is a representative number that characterized the
“middleness” of an entire set of data.

Answer 9

Measures of Central Tendency

Question 10

The 3 Measures of central tendency

Answer 10

1) Mean
2) Median
3) Mode