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    4. A group of numbers has an average. Is that the same as a mean or a median?
    A group of numbers has an average. Is that the same as a mean or a median?

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    0  Views: 446 Answers: 1 Posted: 12 years ago
    Dardaigh

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      The average is the sum of all the numbers divided by the total number.  For example:


      2 4 6 7 9  has an average of 5.6


      The median is the middle score of the set.  So the median is 6 


      The mode is the most frequently occurring score.  There is no mode in this data set.  Now the following numbers:   2 2 2 4 6 has a mode of 2 


      The mean, median and mode are referred to as measures of central tendency.  

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