What is the mean, median, mode, and range of 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9?

1 Answer
Jun 30, 2017

Range =7
Median = 6
Modes =3,6,8
Mean = 5.58

Explanation:

2,3,3,3,3,4,4,5,6,6,6,6,7,7,8,8,8,8,9

Count the number of values first: There are 19

Range: Difference between highest and lowest values:
color(blue)(2),3,3,3,3,4,4,5,6,6,6,6,7,7,8,8,8,8, color(blue)(9)

Range =color(blue)(9-2 =7)

Median: Value exactly in the middle of a set of data arranged in order. There are 19 values so this one is easy to find. It will be the (19+1)/2 th value = 10th
19 = 9+1+9

color(red)(2,3,3,3,3,4,4,5,6),6,color(red)(6,6,7,7,8,8,8,8,9)
color(white)(wwwwwwwwwwww)uarr
color(white)(wwwwwwwwwww)median =6

Median: the value with the highest frequency - the one that occurs the MOST often:

2,color(lime)(3,3,3,3),4,4,5,color(lime)(6,6,6,6),7,7,color(lime)(8,8,8,8),9

There are three values which each occur 4 times
This is a tri-modal distribution, the modes are 3,6 and 8

Mean: what is usually called the average. If all the values were the same, what would it be? Find one value to represent them all.

Mean: add all the values together and divide by 19

2+3+3+3+3+4+4+5+6+6+6+6+7+7+8+8+8+8+9 = 106

mean = color(magenta)(106/19 = 5.5789... ~~ 5.58)