Question

A teacher wants to find out the average number of weekly reading hours of her students. She noted the number of reading hours of 5 of her students, as shown below:

5, 2, 4, 8, 6

Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate for this situation, and what is its value?

Only the median; 5
Only the mean; 4
Either the mean or median; both are 5
Either the mean or median; both are 4

Answer 1

The answer is C: Either the mean or median; both are 5

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Answer 2

C: Either the mean or median; both are 5

Explanation:

MEAN: 5+2+4+8+6= 25 = 25/5= MEAN IS 5

MEDIAN: put it in order: 2,4,5,6,8

cross out 2,8,4,6

left over number is 5

So median is 5