Measures of Center

Question 1

What are measures of center?

Answer 1

Measures of center are used in statistics. They are used to find something related to the center.

This includes mean and median

Question 2

What is mean

Answer 2

Mean is the average for a set of numbers

Question 3

What is the median

Answer 3

The median in statistics is the middle value of a data set when the numbers are arranged in order.

Question 4

How do you find the median

Answer 4

1. Arrange the data set from least to greatest
2. Find the middle value

Question 5

How do you find the mean

Answer 5

1. Add up all the numbers
   2.Divide the sum by how many numbers there are

For example, 10, 3, and 4, I first add them all up (17), then I divide (in this case, 3). So the mean is 5.7

Question 6

What measure of center is used for skewed data sets?

A skewed data set is when the data is not balanced, and it favors one side more than the other

Answer 6

Median

It’s median because it is less affected by the greater numbers

Question 7

What measure of center is used for symmetrical data sets?

Answer 7

Mean

Because it best represents the center of distribution

Question 8

What is mode

Answer 8

Mode means that out of all the numbers in the data set, x number is the most common (or greastest)

X is a placeholder