Mean, Median, Mode & Range

Mean, Median, Mode &

Range in the real world
Mean: Find you test averages, shooting
percentage in basketball, video games.
Median: Company wants to know where to
sell an item and uses median to figure out
income of an area.
Mode: What sells the best at a store,
customer reviews of a product.
Range: Range of ages that attend an
amusement park. Hottest vs. Coldest day of
the year.

Measures of Central Tendency

The mean is the average
The median is the middle most number
The mode the most frequent number

MEAN

MEDIAN

Average

Middle
most value

MODE

Most
commonval
ue

The mean is the average

The Median is the middle most value of a data set.

Odd # of Items:

Even # of Items:

{5, 5, 6, 8, 9}
Median : 6
{1, 6, 7,10}

6 7
Median : 2 6.5

The Mode is the most common value in a data set.

There can only be ONE mode or NO modes.

{5, 5, 6, 8, 9}

{6, 6, 7, 7}

No mode

{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

No mode

The Range is the largest minus the smallest data value

{77, 65, 48, 99, 86} range 51

{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} range 5

Calculate the mean, median, mode and range on the

average number of songs on an MP3.

43 45 76 10 21 26 43 26
0

383
mean :
42.6
9
median : 3 21 26 26 43 43 45 76 100 so 43
mod e : No mod e sin ce 26 and 43 are both seen twice
range :100 3 97

Student
Student

Bart
Simpson

Snoop
Dogg

Michael
Jordan

Exam
(50%)

100

70

32

Test (35%)

99

46

45

96

36

90

Your final mark is calculated as 50% Exam, 35% Tests, 15% Situational Problems . Calculate these final marks.

Final Mark

99 56

45

Sits (15%)

v
mean : x 100 0.5 99 0.35 96 0.15 99%

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Multiply score with % in a decimal.

Sit Problem: 78 x 0.3
Tests: 93 x 0.4
Quizzes: 85 x 0.15
Assign: 92 x 0.1
HW: 80 x 0.05
23.4 + 37.2 + 12.75 + 9.2 + 4 =
86.55%

What test does ________ need to obtain an 80 average? 70, 75, 92 and 65 are the previous marks.

Let x rep the unknown mark

Mean = Sum of Data

# of Data

80

70 + 75 + 92 + 65 + x

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Homework
Pg.156 & 157