Median and Mode: Other Averages
Students will calculate the median and mode of data sets and compare them to the mean.
Key Questions
- Compare when the median is a better representation of a group than the mean.
- Differentiate between the mean, median, and mode as measures of central tendency.
- Predict how adding a new data point might change the mode of a set.
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