STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS
MEASURES OF CENTER AND SPREAD
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Question
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The following data represents the number of students in 6th grade math classes. Which measure of center best describes the data? 50, 25, 22, 21, 17
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range
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mode
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mean
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median
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -There are three measures of the “center” of the data. They are the mode, median, and mean. Any of the values can be referred to as the “average.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. A measure of central tendency (also referred to as measures of centre or central location) is a summary measure that attempts to describe a whole set of data with a single value that represents the middle or centre of its distribution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The central tendency measure is defined as the number used to represent the center or middle of a set of data values.
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