MAT 142 Lecture Video Series Measures of Central Tendency Objectives • Calculate the mean of a set of data. • Calculate the median of a set of data. • Calculate the mode of a set of data. Vocabulary • • • • • • central tendency summation notation mean median mode outlier Formulas x x x n f x n mean of ungrouped data (here x is the data point) mean of grouped data (here x is the midpoint of a group) Fran Tarkenton holds the all-time record in professional football for throwing touchdown passes. The number of touchdown passes (TDs) for each of his seasons is given in the table. Find the mean, median, and mode of the number of touchdown passes per year thrown by Tarkenton Year TDs Year TDs 1961 18 1970 19 1962 22 1971 11 1963 15 1972 18 1964 22 1973 15 1965 19 1974 17 1966 17 1975 25 1967 29 1976 17 1968 21 1977 9 1969 23 1978 25 Tom Ball, an avid jogger, kept detailed records of the number of miles he ran per week during the past year. The frequency distribution summarizes his records. Find the mean, median, and mode of the number of miles per week that Tom ran. Miles run per week Number of weeks 0 5 1 4 2 10 3 9 4 10 5 7 6 3 7 4 If your scores on the first four exams in a class are 73, 67, 83, and 81, what score do you need on the next exam for your overall mean to be at least 70? The ages of the women who gave birth in the United States in 2006 are given in the table below. Find the mean age of these women. Age 15 ≤ 20 ≤ 25 ≤ 30 ≤ 35 ≤ 40 ≤ 45 ≤ x < 20 x < 25 x < 30 x < 35 x < 40 x < 45 x < 50 Number of Women 442,000 1,081,000 1,812,000 950,000 499,000 105,000 7,000 The mean salary of ten employees is $28,000, and the median is $25,000. The highest paid employee gets a $5,000 raise. a. What is the new mean salary of the ten employees? b. What is the new median salary of the ten employees? Elizabeth Jones for The School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at Arizona State University Videographer Mike Jones