What do you know about statistics and data? what do you think a measure of center for a data set would be? what do you think a measure of variation for a data set would be?

Mean and median both try to measure the "central tendency" in a data set. The goal of each is to get an idea of a "typical" value in the data set. The mean is commonly used, but sometimes the median is preferred.

Part 1: The mean

A golf team's 666 members had the scores below in their most recent tournament:

70,\,72,\,74,\,76,\,80,\,11470,72,74,76,80,114

Mean and median both try to measure the "central tendency" in a data set. The goal of each is to get an idea of a "typical" value in the data set. The mean is commonly used, but sometimes the median is preferred.

Explanation: