Measures of Central

Tendency
 Objectives
• Calculate the mean of a set of data.
• Calculate the median of a set of data.
• Calculate the mode of a set of data.
 Vocabulary
• central tendency
• summation notation
• mean
• median
• mode
• outlier
 Formulas

x 
 x
mean of ungrouped data
n

 f  x 
x  mean of grouped data
n
Fran Tarkenton holds the all-time
record in professional football for
throwing touchdown passes. The
number of touchdown passes (TDs)
for each of his seasons is given in the
table. Find the mean, median, and
mode of the number of touchdown
passes per year thrown by Tarkenton
Year TDs Year TDs
1961 18 1970 19
1962 22 1971 11
1963 15 1972 18
1964 22 1973 15
1965 19 1974 17
1966 17 1975 25
1967 29 1976 17
1968 21 1977 9
1969 23 1978 25
Todd Booth, an avid jogger, kept
detailed records of the number of
miles he ran per week during the past
year. The frequency distribution
summarizes his records. Find the
mean, median, and mode of the
number of miles per week that Todd
ran.
Miles run Number
per week of weeks
0 5
1 4
2 10
3 9
4 10
5 7
6 3
7 4
If your scores on the first four
exams in a class are 73, 67, 83, and
81, what score do you need on the
next exam for your overall mean to
be at least 70?
The mean salary of ten employees
is $28,000, and the median is
$25,000. The highest paid
employee gets a $5,000 raise.

a. What is the new mean salary

of the ten employees?
b. What is the new median salary
of the ten employees?