MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY

Mean ⇒ average ⇒ the sum of the values divided by the number of

items of data

Median ⇒ the middle value when the data are arranged in numerical
order (if there is an even number of data, find the
average of the two middle numbers)

Mode ⇒ the value that occurs most frequently in the set of data

Range ⇒ the difference between the greatest and the least values in
a set of data

Directions: Find the mean, median, mode and range for each set
of data. Show the sum calculated for the mean, and
show the numbers in order when determining the
median.

1) Data set: 1, 5, 6, 10, 7, 2, 2, 6, 2, 5

Data set in order:

Sum of the numbers: _______

Mean = Mode =

Median = Range =

2) Data set: 5, 5, 6, 9, 4, 3, 4, 8, 10, 4

Data set in order:

Sum of the numbers: _______

Mean = Mode =

Median = Range =
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3) Data set: 125000, 126500, 131500, 142000, 120500

Data set in order:

Sum of the numbers: _______

Mean = Mode =

Median = Range =

4) Data set: 5.6, 5.7, 5.4, 5.9, 6.0, 5.8

Data set in order:

Sum of the numbers: _______

Mean = Mode =

Median = Range =

5) Data set: 28, 35, 50, 56, 88, 63, 35, 72, 84, 88

Data set in order:

Sum of the numbers: _______

Mean = Mode =

Median = Range =