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Objective: Understand and identify mean, median, and mode.
Listen to me!
I, the president of the company, receive $25,000 a month.
The vice president receives $20,000 a month.
The office manager receives $10,000 a month.
All line supervisors each receives $5,000 a month.
And 10 staff, including you,
each receives a month.
So, the average salary for employees is $5,000.
I did not lie to you!
Chat
Like the case shown above, discuss about situations where the word
average is inappropriately used in daily life.
The representative value indicates the data’s central tendency.
Mean, median, and mode are the three representative values, and each
value has merits and demerits. Therefore, choose an appropriate
representative value to express the data according to the situation.
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Listen to me!
I, the president of the company, receive $25,000 a month.
The vice president receives $20,000 a month.
The office manager receives $10,000 a month.
All line supervisors each receives $5,000 a month.
And 10 staff, including you,
each receives a month.
So, the average salary for employees is $5,000.
I did not lie to you!
Chat
Like the case shown above, discuss about situations where the word
average is inappropriately used in daily life.
The representative value indicates the data’s central tendency.
Mean, median, and mode are the three representative values, and each
value has merits and demerits. Therefore, choose an appropriate
representative value to express the data according to the situation.
17. The Secret of Averages 3
