Practice Flashcards: SAT Math — mean, median and spread, and what moves them | Zestly

Question 1

Mean definition

Accepted Answer

The arithmetic average of a data set, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.

Question 2

Median definition

Accepted Answer

The middle value of a data set when the values are arranged in ascending order.

Question 3

Outlier effect on mean

Accepted Answer

The mean is highly sensitive to outliers because it incorporates the magnitude of every value in the set.

Question 4

Outlier effect on median

Question 5

Working backwards from mean

Question 6

Standard deviation meaning

Question 7

Standard deviation and spread

Question 8

Reading median from counts

Question 9

Range limitation

Question 10

Adding value at the mean

Question 11

Range formula