Choosing the Most Descriptive Measure of Center
Students read a data table and decide which measure of center best describes it - the mean, the median, the mode, or all three equally - with the reason built into each answer choice.
Student Objectives
- Decide which measure of center best represents a set of data
- Recognize when an outlier makes the median a better choice than the mean
- Recognize when a repeated value makes the mode the most descriptive measure
- Recognize when a symmetric set makes the mean, median and mode equally descriptive
Standards
