Question

A group of friends are playing a game of lawn darts. Each player has thrown six lawn darts so far in the game. The results of their throws are shown in the dot plot below.

The number that best summarizes the data is __ hits.

The best measure of center is the __.

Answer 1

"Number of", Mean

Answer 2

The number that best summarizes the data is 2 hits.

The best measure of center is the median.

Explanation:

Since there are 25 players represented in the data, the median would be the 13th, or middle, number when the data is ordered from least to greatest.

0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6

best summaries the data is 2 hits

center is the median