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Big Ideas Math A Bridge To Success Algebra 1: Student Edition 2015

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ISBN:9781680331141

Author:HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT

Publisher:HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Displays

Section: Chapter Questions

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Find the mean, median, and mode of the following statistic studentsʹ test scores:

96, 99, 92, 96, 89, 97, 96, 90, 91, 94

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	96
	95
	94

1.	Mean
2.	Median
3.	Mode

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the value that occurs most frequently in a data set. A data set may have more than one mode if multiple categories repeat an equal number of times. For example, in a data set with five item—3, 5, 5, 29, 473—the mode is 5 because it occurs twice and no other value occurs more than once. On a histogram or bar chart, the element with the highest bar represents the mode. Therefore, the mode is sometimes considered the most popular option. The mode is useful for nominal or categorical data (e.g., the most common color car that users purchase), but it is problematic for continuous data because it is more likely not to have any value that is more frequent than the other.

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The mean of the statistic students test scores is,

$\begin{array}{rcl} M e a n & = & \frac{\sum_{} X}{n} \\ = & \frac{96 + 99 + 92 + 96 + 89 + 97 + 96 + 90 + 91 + 94}{10} \\ = & \frac{940}{10} \\ = & 94 \end{array}$

Thus, the mean of the statistic students test scores is 94.

The statistic students test scores in the ascending order is 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 96, 96, 97, 99.

The position of median value for even sample size is,

$\begin{array}{rcl} M e d i a n & = & {[\frac{50 (n + 1)}{100}]}^{t h} D a t a v a l u e \\ = & {[\frac{50 (10 + 1)}{100}]}^{t h} D a t a v a l u e \\ = & 5 . 5^{t h} D a t a v a l u e \end{array}$

The median (Second quartile) is,

$\begin{array}{rcl} M e d i a n & = & 5^{t h} D a t a v a l u e + 0.5 (6^{t h} D a t a v a l u e - 5^{t h} D a t a v a l u e) \\ = & 94 + 0.5 (96 - 94) \\ = & 94 + 1 \\ = & 95 \end{array}$

Thus, the median of the statistic students test scores is 95.

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