Name: __________________________________ Date: _______________________ Hour: _______
Lesson 5.2 – Measures of Central Tendency
Calculate the mean, median, mode and range for each set of data.
1.)
62, 45, 81, 22, 89, 58, 18, 21, 18
2.)
88, 23, 69, 34, 92, 73, 34, 72
mean = ________ mode = ________
mean = ________ mode = ________
median= ________ range = ________
median= ________ range = ________
3.)
4.)
mean = ________ mode = ________
mean = ________ mode = ________
median= ________ range = ________
median= ________ range = ________
5.)
6.)
mean = ________ mode = ________
mean = ________ mode = ________
median= ________ range = ________
median= ________ range = ________
dentify the outlier in the data set, and determine how the outlier affects the mean median, mode, and
range of the data.
7.)
35, 21, 3, 44, 36, 42, 29
With Outlier
8.)
Without
7, 5, 24, 6, 6, 3, 5, 2, 5
With Outlier
Without
mean = ________ mean = ________
mean = ________ mean = ________
median= ________ median = ________
median= ________ median = ________
mode = ________ mode = ________
mode = ________ mode = ________
range = ________ range = ________
range= ________
range = ________
Tell which measure of central tendency best describes the data with and without the outlier. Justify
your selection.
9.)
The table shows the average depth of several lakes.
a.)
Identify the outlier in the data set.
b.)
Determine how the outlier affects the mean, median, mode,
and range of the data.
c.)
Tell which measure of central tendency best describes the data with and without the outlier.
10.) The table shows the life spans of some animals.
a.)
Identify the outlier in the data set.
b.)
Determine how the outlier affects the mean, median, mode,
and range of the data.
c.)
Tell which measure of central tendency best describes the
data with and without the outlier.