Senior Secondary · 11-12 · Workplace Math
What do we call the average of a dataset, found by adding all values and dividing by the count?
The mean
What do we call the middle value in an ordered dataset?
The median
What do we call the value that appears most often in a dataset?
The mode
Why might a workplace report use the median instead of the mean?
The median is less affected by extreme outliers, so it can better represent 'typical' data when a few very high or low values would skew the mean
What is a probability of 0 telling you about an event?
The event is impossible — it will never happen
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