Chapter 4

Finding Your Center

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for an average.

Mean
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 The middle value in
a group of numbers.

Median
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 The one that occurs
most frequently.

Mode
In case in your set of
scores has two modes.
It is called bimodal.
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Activity
1. Find the mean of the following data.

(a) Find the AVERAGE (Average Overall), AVERAGEIF (Average Heart) and AVERAGEIFS (Average Circle).

Trial 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Color Pink Blue Blue Pink Pink Blue Pink Blue Pink Blue

Shape Heart Circle Circle Heart Heart Circle Heart Circle Heart Circle

RT_msec 16 18 19 21 23 23 27 29 29 35

(c) Find the Trimmean with 5%: 2.2, 10.2, 14.7, 5.9, 4.9, 11.1, 10.5

(d) Find the AVERAGEA, GEOMETRIC, and HARMONIC MEAN: 11/4, 21/2, 51/2, 31/4, 21/2

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2. Find the median of the following data. 3. Find the mode of the following data.

(a) 27, 39, 49, 20, 21, 28, 38 (a) 12, 8, 4, 8, 1, 8, 9, 11, 9, 10, 12, 8

(b) 10, 19, 54, 80, 15, 16 (b) 15, 22, 17, 19, 22, 17, 29, 24, 17, 15, 15

(c) 47, 41, 52, 43, 56, 35, 49, 55, 42 (c) 0, 3, 2, 1, 3, 5, 4, 3, 42, 1, 2, 0, 2

(d) 12, 17, 3, 14, 5, 8, 7, 15 (d) 1, 7, 2, 4, 5, 9, 8, 3

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