Data, Chance and Probability · Statistics and Probability

Mean, Median and Mode

Calculating averages to summarize data sets and identify outliers.

Key Questions

  1. 1Which measure of center is most affected by an extreme outlier?
  2. 2Why might a researcher choose to report the median instead of the mean?
  3. 3How do averages help us compare two different groups of data?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9M6ST02
Year: Year 6
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Data, Chance and Probability
Period: Statistics and Probability

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