+0  
 
0
740
1
avatar+449 

Randy polled his teammates to determine how many hours they practice per week.

Hours of Practice Per week No. of Students
1 2
2 5
3 8
4 28
5 9
6 3
7 1
Which measure of center should be used to find the average response to Randy's survey?

 


Mean
Median
Mode
Range
 
 Dec 19, 2014

Best Answer 

 #1
avatar+23246 
+5

Same response as to the other question:

The usual methods to find the average are:  mean, median, and mode.

The range is not a method to find the average.

If you are specifically asked to find the mode, do so; otherwise do not use the mode to find the average.

Use the mean unless there is an outlier which will strongly influence the mean; if there is that kind of outlier, use the median.

For this data set is there an outlier (a number that is very, very much larger or smaller than the rest of the data)?

If there is, use the median, if not use the mean.

 Dec 19, 2014
 #1
avatar+23246 
+5
Best Answer

Same response as to the other question:

The usual methods to find the average are:  mean, median, and mode.

The range is not a method to find the average.

If you are specifically asked to find the mode, do so; otherwise do not use the mode to find the average.

Use the mean unless there is an outlier which will strongly influence the mean; if there is that kind of outlier, use the median.

For this data set is there an outlier (a number that is very, very much larger or smaller than the rest of the data)?

If there is, use the median, if not use the mean.

geno3141 Dec 19, 2014

1 Online Users