BERNARDO, Nicole E.

BSA III - 01

1. In your own words, differentiate mode, median and mean.

Mode. In a given set of data, the repeating figures in that specific distribution is
known as mode. The easiest way to find the mode in a set of data is to arrange the
numbers from highest to lowest or vice versa. From there, you can easily identify the
most common figure.
Median. In a given set of data, the middle figure in that specific distribution may
it be in ascending or descending order is called the median. There are instances that
the figures in total are odd or even. If odd, just count the total number of figures then
divide by two in order to locate the position of the median. If even, get the two
middlemost numbers from the set. From there, add the two figures then divide by two
to get the median.
Mean. In a given set of data, the average of all the figures is known as the mean.
In order to determine the mean, all the figures must be added then divide it by the
total number of figures.

2. The following scores represent the number of children in a group of 20 households.

2 1 2 1 5 3 4 0 1 1
2 1 3 2 4 6 3 2 0 2

A. Determine the mode, median and mean.

a. Mode: 2

6 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

b. Median: 2

6 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

20 + 1 = 21 / 2 = 10.5th position = 10th and 11th

2 (10th position) + 2 (11th position) = 4 / 2 = 2
c. Mean: 2.25
 6+5+4+4+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1
+ 0 + 0 = 45 / 20 = 2.25
B. Rearrange the scores with a single frequency distribution and recalculate the
mode, media and mean.

6 5 4 3 2 1 0

a. Mode: No mode
b. Median: 3

6 5 4 3 2 1 0

7 + 1 = 8 / 2 = 4th position = 3
c. Mean: 3
6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 0 = 21 / 7 = 3