Measures of

0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

1
2
Central Tendency

4
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

A single value that describe a

set of data by identifying the
central position within that set of
data.
1
2
This commonly measured by
using the mean, median and
mode.
4
 Mean
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

Average of the given set of data.

1
2
4
𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠
Mean=
𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠
 1. Find the mean of the
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

first four odd natural

numbers.
1
2
4
 2.The mean weight of 4 member
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

of a family is 60 kg. Three of

them have the weights 56 kg, 8
kg and 72 kg. Find the weight of
1
2
4
the fourth member.
 High Honor Students
Grade 8-
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011
Aristotle

1. Roswell, Ezekiel O. 96.72

2.
3.
Enrile, Maxpein V.
De Vera, Conan M.
96.56
95.87 1
2
4.
5.
Montefalco, Elijah B.
Pascual, Aries M.
4
94.23
92.35
 median
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

The number that falls in the middle

position once data has been organized.

1
Organized data means the numbers are

2
4
arranged form smallest to largest or from
largest to smallest.
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

If the number of data given is

1
odd, the median is the (n+1)/2

2
4
quantity, where n is the
number of data given.
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

12, 7, 5, 10, 2
1
2
4
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

1. Find the median of

1
2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16.

2
4
 What is the median score achieved
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

by a student who recorded the

2
following scores on 10 math
quizzes? 1
4
68, 55, 70, 62, 71, 58, 81, 82, 63, 79
 Mode
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

The value that occurs often in the

data set.

1
It is the value with greatest
frequency.
2
mode.

4
A data can have none, two or more
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

What is the mode of this

1
2
given data, 20, 18, 16,
15 and 14?

4
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

Find the mode

2
206, 206, 215,265,283,297.
1
4
 A data set of data that has t
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

values that occur with the

1
2
same greatest frequency is
referred to as bimodal.

4
 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7,
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

what is the mode of

this data set? 1
2
4
 Three or more numbers appear as
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

the mode then the data set is

1
2
multimodal .

4
 1. What is the mean age of the following ages: 40, 20,
20, 16, 18, 18?
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011
2. What is the mean number of the following data: 5,
10, 15, 20, 24?
3. The library logbook shows that 58, 60, 54, 35 and 97

1
books, respectively, were borrowed from Monday to
Friday. Find the median.

2
14, 8, 1, 8, 5
5. Given: 5, 8, 7, 9, 8, 5. What is the mode?
6. Given: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. What is the mode? 4
4. Determine the median of the following data: 10, 9,
 You and your friends are comparing the number of times you have
been to the movies in the past year. The following table illustrates
how many times each person went to the movie theatre in each
month.
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

John
1 3 2 5 2 3 1 4 2 3 2 1

1
2
Mary
1 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 4 1 2
Brian
1 3 2 2 1 4 5 3 2 2 1 3
Kelly
2 2 1 1 3 2 4 1

4
3 2 3 2
 1. By comparing modes, which person went to
the movies per month?
2. By comparing medians, which person went
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011
to the most per month?
3. Rank the friends in order of most movies

2
seen to least movies seen by comparing their
means.
1
4
4. Which month, by comparing the means of
movies seen in each month, is the most
popular movie-watching month?
5. By comparing medians, which month is
least popular month?
 Assignment
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

• Make your own parody song about

1
the measures of Central tendency.
Be creative. (10 pts)
2
4