Measure Of Central Tendency
Mean of a
set of data:
1) Add all the values together
2) Divide by the number of values there are
• The mean takes the total of all
the values and
spreads the total out evenly to get an average.
Examples:
• Stan threw ten sets of three
darts at a board.
His scores were:
34,
45, 20, 41, 60, 83, 70, 30, 26, 61
Find his mean score.
Mean = Total score
/ Number of values
= 470 ÷ 10
= 47
Stan’s mean score is 47.
Median –
the middle value in a set of data.
• First put the numbers in numerical order.
• Example:
Find the
median of:
a) 7, 6, 2, 3, 1, 9, 5
Ordered: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9
Median = 5
b) 5, 3, 2, 8, 7, 9
Ordered: 2, 3,
5, 7, 8, 9
There are
2 numbers in the middle.
The median is in the middle of these.
There can only be one
median.
Median = 6
Mode – is
the most common value in a set of data.
Find the
mode of:
a) red,
blue, yellow, red, green
Mode = red
b) 4, 5, 6, 5, 7, 8, 5
Mode =
5
It is
possible to have 2 modes.
• E.g.
4, 7, 7, 8, 8, 5
Mode = 7, 8
It is possible
to have no mode.
• E.g.
4, 7, 8, 5, 6, 2
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