Practice Measures Of Central Tendency: Finding The 'average' (6.3) - Unit 5: Data Handling & Analysis: Making Sense of Information
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Measures of Central Tendency: Finding the 'Average'

Practice - Measures of Central Tendency: Finding the 'Average'

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the mean of the values: 4, 8, 10?

💡 Hint: Add the numbers and divide by 3.

Question 2 Easy

What is the mode of the following data: 2, 3, 4, 4, 6?

💡 Hint: Find the most frequently occurring number.

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Question 1

What is the correct formula for calculating the mean?

Sum of values / Number of values
Number of values / Sum of values
Maximum value - Minimum value

💡 Hint: Think about how averages are determined.

Question 2

True or False? The mode can be defined as the value that occurs most frequently.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall what mode represents in a dataset.

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Challenge 1 Hard

From the following frequency table, calculate the estimated mean: | Value | Frequency | |:----|:----| | 0 | 2 | | 1 | 5 | | 2 | 6 | | 3 | 4 |

💡 Hint: Multiply each value by its frequency, sum those results, divide by total frequency.

Challenge 2 Hard

If a dataset of numbers is altered by adding a large outlier, explain how this would affect the mean and median.

💡 Hint: Consider the definitions of mean and median.

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