Question

Shania's test scores in 8 subjects were 88, 91, 85, 74, 69, 72, 80, and 87. Shania found the middle number of her scores. Which type of measure did she find?a measure of center

a measure of variation

a measure of neither variation nor center

a measure of both variation and center

Answer 1

Measure of center, also known as the Median.

Answer 2

Option A.

Explanation:

Shania's test score in 8 subject were 88, 91, 85, 74, 69, 72, 80, and 87.

Shania found the middle number of her scores.

Middle number of her scores that is measure of center.

Measure of center is also known as Median. Median of the following data is :

69, 72, 74, 80, 85, 87, 88, 91

Median =
`(80+85)/(2)` = 82.5

She find a measure of center.