3 2 Choosing the Best Measure of Center Find the mean median
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3 2 Choosing the Best Measure of Center Find the mean median and mode of the sneaker prices Which measure best represents the data Mean 20 31 122 48 37 20 45 65 8 Median 20 20 31 37 45 48 65 122 37 45 82 2 2 Mode 20 20 31 37 45 48 65 122 20 30 40 4 Mode 20 Median 41 50 60 or 41 70 Mean 48 5 80 90 388 8 or 48 5 Order from least to greatest The value 20 occurs most often 100 Mean 110 120 130 The median best represents the data The mode is less than most of the data and the mean is greater than most of the data Price dollars On Your Own Find the mean median and mode of the data Choose the measure that best represents the data Explain your reasoning 3 1 93 46 48 34 194 67 55 4 96 150 102 87 150 75 An outlier is a data value that is much greater or much less than the other values Removing an Outlier Identify the outlier in Example 2 Find the mean median and mode without the outlier Which measure does the outlier affect the most The price of 122 is much greater than any other price So it is the outlier Median Mode