Finding Median and Mode
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Objective
I can determine the median and mode of a data set.
Part 1 of 4
Warm-up video
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Part 2 of 4
Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
Statistics is a way to understand data, and descriptive statistics is used to describe data with a smaller set of numbers.
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An average is a typical or middle number and is an attempt to find a measure of central tendency.
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The mode is the most common number in a data set, while the median is the middle number.
Part 3 of 4
Practice
11 questions
What does 'descriptive statistics' aim to do?
What is the definition of 'average' in statistics, as explained in the video?
Part 4 of 4
Exit ticket
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“What are the median and mode of the following data set: 2, 5, 8, 2, 9, 11?”
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