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Carol
surveys
her
classmates
for
the
amount
of
money
they
spent

over
the
weekend.
The
table
below
shows
this
data.

Amount Spent Number Based
on
the
data,
which
type
of
graph

$0-$2.99 8 is
best
to
display
Carol’s
data?
Explain.


$3.00-$5.99 10

$6.00-$8.99 5
$9.00-$11.99 2
LESSON 30: Central Tendency
7.S.4 and 7.S.5
 What is meant by CENTRAL TENDENCY?
Measures of central tendency describe the middle or average
of a set of data. They are ways of identifying one number that
is a good representation of a group of numbers.

What are the different measures of central tendency?

MEAN MEDIAN MODE

MEAN = The mathematical middle
Find the sum of the data in the set and divide by the number
of items in the set.
EXAMPLE Data: 65, 70, 72, 74, 90

Step 1: Add the numbers.

65 + 70 + 72 + 74 + 90 = 371

Step 2:
Divide the sum by the number of
items in the set.
371 ÷ 5 = 74.2
Find the mean of the following two sets of data:
Set #1
16, 20, 18, 14, 17 17

Set #2
17, 31, 29, 42, 17, 36, 24 28
 MEDIAN = The middle number in a data set
Place the numbers in order, from least to greatest and
choose the middle value.

Data: 65, 70, 72, 74, 90

65, 70, 72, 74, 90

What about for this data set?
65, 70, 71, 72, 74, 90

If there are two middle numbers the median is middle

of those 2 numbers.

65, 70, 71, 72, 74, 90

71 + 72 ÷ 2 = 143 ÷ 2 = 71.5
Find the median of the following sets of data:

Set #1
16, 20, 18, 14, 17 17
Set #2
17, 31, 29, 42, 17, 36, 24 29
Set #3
11, 7, 9, 6, 14, 19, 15, 13, 5, 3, 8, 10
MODE = The number that occurs the most

Data: 65, 65, 70, 71, 72, 74, 90

65, 65, 70, 71, 72, 74, 90
65 is the mode
When there is only one of each number,
there is no mode.
For example: 65, 70, 71, 72, 74, 90

There can be two modes.

For example: 65, 65, 70, 72, 74, 74, 90
This data set is bimodal.

If there are more than 2 modes,

there is NO MODE
Find the mode of the following two sets of data:

Set #1
16, 20, 18, 14, 17, 18
18

Set #2
17, 31, 29, 42, 31, 17, 36, 24
17

Set #3
13, 18, 13, 19, 32, 24, 18, 15, 16, 33, 24
NO MODE
Range =
The smallest number subtracted from the largest

Example: 8, 10, 6, 9, 8, 7
Largest = 10
Smallest = 6
10 - 6 = 4
Range = 4

Find the range of the following two sets of data:

Set #1
16, 20, 18, 14, 17 6

Set #2
17, 31, 29, 42, 17, 36, 24 25
PRACTICE: Find the mean, median, mode
and range of these sets of data.
Set #1:
20, 30, 40, 10, Mean = 40 Mode = 20, 40
20, 90, 70, 40 Median = 35 Range = 80

Set #2:
157, 124, 142, Mean = 120 Mode = No mode
119, 100, 101, 97 Median = 119 Range = 60
MORE PRACTICE
The owner of a shoe shop recorded the sizes of the feet of all the
customers who bought shoes in his shop in one morning. These
sizes are listed below:
8, 7, 4, 5, 9, 13, 10, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, 3, 11, 10, 8, 5, 4, 8, 6
Find the mean, median, mode and range.

Exam scores for a small advanced math class are provided below.

87, 99, 75, 87, 94, 75, 35, 88, 87, 93

Find the Mean, Median, and Mode for the above data.
What does this information tell you about students' performance?
Choosing an Appropriate Measure of Central Tendency
The mean is normally the preferred measure of central
tendency. However, there are situations in which the mean is
not the best measure:
1. For a random distribution of data, themean is preferred.
Examples:
Students' heights in a classroom
Temperature over a length of time

2. For a skewed data set, a median is more appropriate than a

mean. The skewed data set (extreme data points) will cause the
mean value to be much more extreme than the median, and
therefore less central.
Examples:
Income of a group of people
Test scores for a group of students

3. The mode can be used for non-numerical data.

Examples: The most common...
The most common hair color in a room
Finding the most common car in a parking lot
 LEARNING LOG - Gerald - 7.S.4/5
Gerald isn't sure how to find the mean, median, mode, or
range of the following set of data: 13, 19, 15,17, 16, 21, 20,
14, 15, 23, 17, 14, 25, 24, 13, and 17. Show and explain.