Mean, Median, Mode, Range, & Mad

Finding MAD

100

What does each letter of MAD stand for?

Mean Absolute Deviation

200

Find the MAD: 10, 7 , 13, 10, 8

1.68 / 1.7

300

Find the MAD: 110, 114, 104, 108, 106

2.88 / 2.9

400

Define: MAD

The average distance each data point is away from the MEAN

500

Find the MAD: 15, 17, 15, 17, 21, 17, 15, 23, 20, 18

2.16 / 2.2

Finding Mean

100

Find the Mean. 35, 56, 34, 44, 52, 12, 34, 45

Mean = 39

200

Find the Mean. 24, 34, 32, 16, 45, 38, 28

Mean = 31

300

Define: Mean

Average

400

Find the Mean. 86, 24, 65, 65, 24, 24

Mean = 48

500

Find the Mean. 32, 23, 22, 33, 33, 23, 32, 23, 22

Mean = 27

Range

100

Find the Range:

5, 56, 34, 44, 52, 12, 34, 45

Range = 51

200

Find the range:   24, 34, 32, 16, 45, 38, 28

Range = 29

300

Find the range:    86, 24, 65, 65, 24, 24

Range = 62

400

Find the range: 

   32, 23, 22, 33, 33, 23, 32, 23, 22

Range =11

500

Define Range

Range: The distance the data set covers

Median & Mode

100

Find the Median and Mode 35, 56, 34, 44, 52, 12, 34, 45

Median = 39.5 Mode = 34 

200

Find the Median & Mode 

          24, 34, 32, 16, 45, 38, 28

Median = 32 Mode = No 

300

Find the Median & Mode 86, 24, 65, 65, 24, 24

Median = 44.5 Mode = 24 

400

Find the Median, Mode, & Range. 32, 23, 22, 33, 33, 23, 32, 23, 22

Median = 23 Mode = 23 

500

Define: Median & Mode 

Median : Middle Number 

Mode: Appears the most 

Which one would I use?

100

You want to find the average height of a basketball team. Which central tendency would you use?

Mean

200

To determine the difference between the smallest and biggest person on a basketball team. Which central tendency would you use?

Range

300

You have a range of answers from a particular survey. You are trying to figure out the middle of the data. Which central tendency would you use?

Median

400

You survey a group of people asking them what their favorite food is. Which central tendency would you use to determine the most popular food?

Mode

500

You are trying to figure out how close together a certain set of data is, Which central tendency would you use?

MAD