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Mean, Median, and Mode: Lesson 7-1

The document defines and provides examples for calculating the mean, median, and mode of a data set. The mean is the average found by adding all data values and dividing the sum by the number of items. The median is the middle value when data is listed in order. For an even number of items, the median is the average of the two middle values. The mode is the data item that appears most frequently; if no item appears more than others, there is no mode.

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Mean, Median, and Mode: Lesson 7-1

The document defines and provides examples for calculating the mean, median, and mode of a data set. The mean is the average found by adding all data values and dividing the sum by the number of items. The median is the middle value when data is listed in order. For an even number of items, the median is the average of the two middle values. The mode is the data item that appears most frequently; if no item appears more than others, there is no mode.

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Mean, Median, and Mode

Lesson 7-1

Mean
The mean of a set of data is the average. Add up all of the data. Divide the sum by the number of data items you have.

Example: Find the mean.

4, 16, 20, 40
First, add. 4 + 16 + 20 + 40 = 80

There are 4 items. Divide the sum (80) by 4. The mean is 20.

Median
The median is the data point that is in the middle when the data is listed in order. If there are two numbers in the middle (an even number of items), then find the mean of the two middle numbers.

Examples: Find the median.

13, 16, 17, 19, 25


17 is the median.

3, 5, 6, 9
Here, the 5 and 6 are both in the middle. 5 + 6 = 11. 11 divided by 2 = 5.5. The median is 5.5.

Mode
The mode is the data item that appears the most. If all data items appear the same number of times, then there is no mode.

Example: Find the mode.

5, 4, 6, 11, 5, 7, 10, 5
The mode is 5.

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