Mean Median Mode Quiz

What does the mean represent in a set of data?

What does the median represent?

If the percentages of Latino students at five schools are 12%, 22%, 18%, 40%, and 35%, what is the mean?

Using the same data (12%, 22%, 18%, 40%, 35%), what is the median?

If a data set has no repeated values, what does that mean for the mode?

Why might the median be a better measure than the mean when there are extreme numbers (outliers)?

In the data set 18%, 22%, 24%, 24%, 30%, what is the mode?

When comparing school demographics, using mean, median, and mode helps us:

Suppose one school has a much higher percentage of a student group than all the others.
How might that outlier affect the mean, and why might the median give a fairer picture?

In your own words, explain how finding the mean, median, and mode of school data can help school leaders make decisions that promote equity and inclusion.