Statistics

Measures of Central Tendency: Mode, Median, and Mean

Preview Questions:  What are commonly used measures of central tendency?  What do they tell you?

Content Objectives:  Students will be able to...

• Compute mean, median, and mode from raw data.
• Interpret what mean, median, and mode tell you.
• Explain how mean, median, and mode can be affected by extreme data values (outliers).
• What is a trimmed mean?  How do you compute it?
• Compute a weighted average.

Guided Reading 3.1
Powerpoint Presentation 3.1
Skills Practice 3.1 due Friday.