Match each measure to what it does
Exercise and reference answers
- Matching pairs
- Left
- Mean
- Right
- Adds every value and divides by the count
- Left
- Median
- Right
- Splits ordered data into two equal halves
- Left
- Mode
- Right
- The value that appears most often
- Left
- Range of middle 50
- Right
- Third quartile minus the first quartile
- Left
- Standard deviation
- Right
- How far values sit from their mean
- Left
- Outlier
- Right
- A value that does not fit the rest
- Instructions
- Tap a measure, then tap the job it does.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax Introductory Business Statistics, section 2.3 Measures of the Center of the Data_