Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of Central Tendency
    a value that represents the center of a data set
can be the mean, median, or the mode
data set is a group of numbers that you must 
arrange in order from least to greatest.


the middle number in a set of data that have been ordered.

Philip's question: 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10
Answer

Mode- the most frequently occurring number is a set of data (number that shown up the most)
mode and most both have four letters


Mean- a measure of central tendency 
the sum of a set of values divided to the number in the values of set

add up all the numbers. divide that by how many numbers there are.

Range- the positive difference between the largest and smallest values in a data set.

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Outliers- a value that is much larger or smaller than the other date value
the data set may have more than one outlier

Find mean, median, mode, range and outliers for the following data set.

Answer that >.O 

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9 comments:

serena 814 said...

Hi Kamille, awesome job on your scribe post! I liked how you used different colour fonts, that had made the post easier to read. I also liked how you explained to us step by step on how to find the median, mode, and the mean of a the data set. I noticed that you already have a video but I have found another video that I think you might like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNdVynH6hcY&feature=related

ronalen 8-14 said...

hi kamille great job on your scribe post.i like how you explained everything so that it is was easy to understand. i also liked that you used different colours and font sizes.one way you can improve it is you can put up this video i found
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNdVynH6hcY&feature=related
i hope this helped you

irena814 said...

Hi Kamille, great job on the scribe post! Your scribe post was very organized, and very easy to read. I liked how you explained what was happening in the pictures. I really understand how to find the median, the mode, the mean, the range and the outlier in a data set. I found this very interesting link that you may want check out:
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-7/mean-median-mode-and-range-find-the-missing-number
Great Job Kamille!

randolph814 said...
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randolph814 said...

Hi Kamille! Your scribe post is really great. It is easier to understand. You understand how to find median, mode, and mean. I found another video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81zcjULlh58

Danilyn8-73 said...

Great Job Kamille! You're scribe post was easy to understand. I liked how you used pictures and different patterns or combinations for every definition.
Also you're additional videos:
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It might be just my computer but are they the same videos?
Here's two videos to replace one:
http://youtu.be/81zcjULlh58
http://youtu.be/ock2ZPrsYAo
Thank you.

aaron873 said...

Hi Kamille! I really like your scribe post. I like how you represented picture form for your topics. I like how you put color on your words and your font is big. I like your link that you have put but your video you could have just put the video instead of us going to the youtube. I really like your scribe post and also your picture form is big well that's it I'm saying but
GOOD JOB KAMILLE :)

beverly814 said...

Hey Kamille, good job on the scribe post. I liked how you mad everything very organized and very easy to read, it helped a lot. I like how you put your examples in pictures that it stand out very well. I liked how you explained what was going in the pictures you showed us, it was very helpful. Good job Kamille. :)
Here is a link that can also help you:
http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/elemath/lesson6/centraltendancy.htm

Diana814 said...

Hi Kamilio! Your post it very good! It was very easy to understand and made it easier for me. The pictures are very good. You can also improve by putting in a video. heres a video that you can use http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNdVynH6hcY&feature=related