Mean
Median
Mode
Which M.O.C.?
Effects of Outliers
100

What are the steps to finding the Mean or average of a data set?

Add all of the numbers

Divide by how many numbers there are

100

What are the steps to finding the Median of a data set if there are an even number of data points?

Put the data in order 

Find the two Middle Numbers

Find the Mean of the two middle numbers

100

How do you find the Mode of a Data set? 

Find the number that occurs most often
100

79 is which Measure of Center for this Data set?

 92, 74, 72, 80, 82, 92, 76, 78

The Median

100

What are the steps to finding an Outlier in a Data set?

Put the numbers in order from least to greatest

Look for any numbers that "lie" "out" side of the data set (much bigger or much smaller)

200

What is the Mean? 

18, 8, 26, 5, 32

17.8

200

What is the Median? 

2, 6, 15, 17, 18, 25, 29

17

200

What is the Mode? 

15, 13, 14, 27, 3, 12, 15, 27

15 and 27

200

79 is which Measure of Center for this Data set?

15, 8, 34, 15, 79, 23, 79

The Mode

200

What is the MODE of the data set WITH and WITHOUT the outlier?

1, 2, 5, 6, 6, 3, 1, 350

WITH AND WITHOUT THE OUTLIER: 6
300

Find the Mean from a dot plot that has (ROUND TO THE NEAREST TENTH):

three 0's, four 2's, one 3, and one 4

1.7

300

What is the Median of a dot plot that has: 

one 13, two 15's, two 16's, one 18, and one 27

16

300

What is the Mode of a dot plot that has:

three 4's, two 6's, five 8's, one 7, nine 12's, five 15's, and four 20's

12

300

Which Measure of Center BEST describes the data below, and WHY?

2, 0, 3, 2, 1,3

The MEAN because the data is close together

300

Find the MEDIAN WITH and WITHOUT the outlier from a dot plot that has: 

Three 4's, Two 5's,  Four 6's, and One 80

WITH AND WITHOUT THE OUTLIER: 5

400

What is the mean? 

13, 5, 12, 17, 4

10.2

400

What is the Median? 

4, 9, 27, 13, 19, 29, 14

14

400
What is the Mode? 15,20,5,23,14,13,20
20
400

11 is which Measure of Center for this data set?  

0, 0, 1, 2, 6, 11, 14, 15, 17, 26, 29

The Mean

400

What is the MEDIAN of the data set WITH and WITHOUT the outlier?

1, 2, 5, 6, 6, 3, 1, 350

WITH THE OUTLIER: 4

WITHOUT THE OUTLIER: 3

500

What is the Mean? 

17, 23, 13, 5, 29

17.4

500

What is the Median? 

4, 9, 20, 14, 17, 24

15.5

500

What is the Mode? 

19, 25, 16, 15, 23, 14

No Mode

500

Which Measure of Center BEST describes the data below? AND WHY??

0, 2, 1, 5, 3, 0, 2, 53, 2

The MEDIAN because there is an outlier in the data set

500

What is the MEAN of the data set WITH and WITHOUT the outlier? (ROUND TO THE NEAREST TENTH)

122, 132, 124, 143, 3, 107, 119

WITH THE OUTLIER: 107.1

WITHOUT THE OUTLIER: 124.5

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