{"id":22925,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/which-measures-of-central-tendency-best-represent-the-data-2"},"modified":"2017-08-03T16:11:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T16:11:34","slug":"which-measures-of-central-tendency-best-represent-the-data-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/which-measures-of-central-tendency-best-represent-the-data-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Which measure(s) of central tendency best represent the data?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Describe the measures of central tendency. Under what condition(s) should each one be used?Last year, 12 employees from a COMPUTER company retired. Their ages at retirement are listed below.First, create a stem plot for the data. Next, find the mean <\/p>\n<p>retirement age. Round to the nearest year.<br \/> 55 77 64 77 69 63 62 64 85 64 56 59<\/p>\n<p>A retail store manager kept track of the number of car magazines sold each week over a 10-week period. The results are shown below.<br \/> 27 30 21 62 28 18 23 22 26 28<\/p>\n<p>Find the mean, median, and mode of newspapers sold over the 10-week period.<br \/> Which measure(s) of central tendency best represent the data?<br \/> Name any outliers.<br \/> Joe wants to pass his statistics class with at least a 75%. His prior four test scores are 74%, 68%, 84% and 79%. What is the minimum score he needs on the final exam <\/p>\n<p>to pass the class with a 75% average?<br \/> Nancy participated in a summer reading program. The number of books read by the 23 participants are as follows:<br \/> 10 9 6 2 5 3 9 1 6 3 10 4 7 6 3 5 6 2 6 5 3 7 2<\/p>\n<p>Number of books read Frequency<br \/> 1\u20132<br \/> 3\u20134<br \/> 5\u20136<br \/> 7\u20138<br \/> 9\u201310<br \/> Complete the frequency TABLE.<br \/> Find the mean of the raw data.<br \/> Find the median of the raw data.<br \/> The chart below represents the number of inches of snow for a seven-day period.<br \/> Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday<br \/> 2 5 3 10 0 4 2<br \/> Find the mean, median, and mode.<br \/> Which is the best measure of central tendency?<br \/> Remove Wednesday from the calculations. How does that impact the three measures of central tendency?<br \/> Describe the effect outliers have on the measures of central tendency.<br \/> A dealership sold 15 cars last month. The purchase price of the cars, rounded to the nearest thousand, is represented in the table.<br \/> Purchase price Number of cars sold<br \/> $15,000 3<br \/> $20,000 4<br \/> $23,000 5<br \/> $25,000 2<br \/> $45,000 1<br \/> Find the mean and median of the data.<br \/> Which measure best represents the data? Use the results to support your answer.<br \/> What is the outlier and how does it affect the data?<br \/> 8. What do the letters represent on the BOX plot?<\/p>\n<p>Box plot<\/p>\n<p>9. The test scores from a math final exam are as follows:<\/p>\n<p> 64 85 93 55 87 90 73 81 86 79<\/p>\n<p>Create a box plot using the data.<br \/> Label the five points on the box plot and include numerical answers from part \u201ca.\u201d<br \/> 10. Using the data and results from Question 9, answer the following questions.<\/p>\n<p>What is the median?<br \/> What is the range?<br \/> What is the interquartile range?<br \/> In a short paragraph, describe the data in the box plot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Describe the measures of central tendency. Under what condition(s) should each one be used?Last year, 12 employees from a COMPUTER company retired. Their ages at retirement are listed below.First, create a stem plot for the data. 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