Question

The data set gives the number of hours it took each of the 10 students in a cooking class to master a particular technique.

{5, 3, 5, 30, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5}

Answer 1

For this data set:

`\text{Mean}: (3+3+4+4+4+5+5+5+5+30) / 10 = 6.8`

`\text{Mode} : 5`

`\text{Median} : (4+5) / 2 =4.5`

In this case, the mean is not the best way to show central tendency.

The median is less affected by outliers and skewed data.

Answer: The best measure for the central tendency is the median: 4.5