Deck 12: Mean, Median, and Mode

Question 1

Which average is defined as the balance point in a distribution?

A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which average is defined as the middle point in a distribution?

A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which average is defined as the most frequently occurring score?

A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Median has 50% of the cases above and 50% of the cases below only in a normal distribution. ________

Question 5

Mean is not appropriate for describing highly skewed distributions. ________

Question 6

What is the median for the following set of scores? _______________
3 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 12 , 15 , 18

Question 7

Which is NOT true about median?

A) It is not affected by extreme scores
B) It is used for skewed distributions
C) It is used for skewed and normal distribution
D) It is halfway between the two middle scores if there is an even number of scores

Question 8

The mean is not appropriate for describing which two types of data?

A) Nominal and Interval data
B) Nominal and Ratio data
C) Ordinal and Ratio data
D) Nominal and Ordinal data

Question 9

Which average is appropriate for nominal data?

A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode

Question 10

What is the mode in the following data?
5 , 6 , 7 , 7 , 4 , 6 , 7

Question 11

What is true about the value of averages in a positive skew distribution?

A) Mean > Median > Mode
B) Mean < Median < Mode
C) Mean = Median = Mode

Question 12

In a distribution with a negative skew, the mean has the highest value because it is pulled in the direction of the extremely high scores. _________