Measure of Central Tendency - JSS3 Mathematics Past Questions and Answers - page 1
What is the measure of central tendency that represents the middle value of a data set?
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
Which measure of central tendency is affected the least by outliers?
The average of a set of numbers is another term for which measure of central tendency?
What is calculated by finding the difference between the largest and smallest values in a data set?
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
Which measure of central tendency is suitable for categorical data?
If a data set has an even number of observations, how is the median calculated?
It is the first value
It is the last value
It is the average of the two middle values
It is the middle value
What measure of central tendency is affected most by extreme values?
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
Which measure of central tendency can be used with interval or ratio data?
If all values in a data set are the same, what is the mode of the data set?
It does not exist
It is the mean
It is the mean
It is the range
What is the measure of central tendency that is most commonly used to summarize a skewed distribution?
Mean
Median
Mode
Range