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Checking understanding of measures of central tendency

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Checking understanding of measures of central tendency”, from the unit “Comparisons of numerical summaries of data” (Year 10 Maths) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. Which of these is not a measure of central tendency?
  2. The mode of this data set is 6. Which of these values can x take?
  3. The mean of this data set is 5, so x is ___.
  4. The range of this data set is 5. What could the values of x be?
  5. The median of this set of data is 6. Which of these describe all the values x be?
  6. Match each letter to the number it represents.
  7. In which of these data sets is the mean more likely to be influenced by outliers or unsymmetrical data?
  8. Which of these measures of central tendency can be used to summarise qualitative data?
  9. This dot plot shows a data set where the mode = median = 48. Will the mean be less than 48, equal to 48 or more than 48?
  10. Select the true statements for the data set: 8, 13, 8, 11, 10, 13, 8, 11, 12, 10.
  11. Which of the measures of central tendency would be the most appropriate measure for the shopkeeper to use to know how many carrier bags to order?
  12. The average house price on a street of 8 houses is advertised at £400 000. A local estate agent values 7 houses below £400 000. Which average has been used in the quoted £400 000?

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