Question

The data set gives the number of hours it took each of the 10 students in a cooking class to master a particular technique.

{5, 3, 5, 30, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5}

The best measure of center for this data set is , and its value is .

Answer 1

For this data set:

Mean: (3+3+4+4+4+5+5+5+5+30) : 10 = 6.8

Mode : 5

Median : (4+5) : 2 =4.5

In this case, the mean is not the best way to show central tendency.

The median is less affected by outliers and skewed data.

Answer: The best measure for the central tendency is the median: 4.5

Explanation: