Activity 2.2: Measures of Central Tendency

Data Set #1
Your class recently took a test on the latest chapter in your book. Your teacher writes the different scores on the whiteboard so you can see how your score compares to others from your class. Your score is a 79. How does your score compare to those of your classmates?
Scores:
82, 66, 70, 59, 90, 78, 76, 95, 99, 84, 88, 76, 82, 81, 91, 64, 79, 76, 85, 90
1.1 Find: (Show your solution / explanation.)
a) the mean
b) median
c) mode
1.2 Explain why each measure of average is appropriate or not.