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Mean, Median, Mode, Range

Mean, Median, Mode, Range, a selection of answers from the Dr. Math archives.

Mean, Median, Mode, Range

What are the definitions of mean, median, mode, and range?

Finding Mean, Median, Mode

Can you show me how to find the mean, median, mode, and range of a set of scores?

More Than One Mode?

Can a data set have more than one mode?

Mean, Median, and Mode

Can you explain the three ways to represent a group - mean, median, and mode? I am having trouble understanding the mode.

Mode, Median, and Mean

Find a set of five data values with modes 0 and 2, median 2, and mean 2.

Mean, Median, Mode: Find Five Numbers

The median of five numbers is 15. The mode is 6. The mean is 12. What are the five numbers?

Definitions: Average, Mean, Mode

Arithmetic, geometric, harmonic means defined.

Range - Difference or Difference + 1?

Is range the same as 'difference' or not?

Arithmetic vs. Geometric Mean

When is it appropriate to use the arithmetic mean, and when the geometric mean?

Median:

What is a Median?

A definition of median, and four examples of calculating medians.

Median: the Middle Term

What is the median?

Median: Average of Two Points

What is the median in an even list of numbers?

Median of Six Values

Find the median of 8,18,26,4,4,5.

Median and Middle

I would like to know how to find the median of two of the same numbers (2 and 2).

In Real Life...

Using Mean, Mode, and Range

Examples of real-life uses of mean, mode, and range.

Range, Mean, Median, and Mode

Why do we study range, mean, median, and mode? How will these concepts help me in real life?

What Does Average Mean?

What is the average rainfall in New York? I understand the formula needed to find the average, but what is the meaning of average?

Teaching the Concept of Average

How can I use blocks to teach averages to students?

Which is the Best Description?

Which best describes the number of times "Popular Song" was played on the radio per day: the range, the median, the mode, or the mean?

Mean, Median, and Mode in Real Life

What are some real life examples involving mean, median, and mode?