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Uh, Sir...Madam...We'd like you to come down to the station. We need to shmoop you a few questions...

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In the below data set, which is the greatest: the mean, median, or mode?

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And here are the potential answers...

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Alright so what is this question asking?

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Well we just have to calculate each. And presumably know what each means.

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Mean is just average. Add up the total and divide by the number of elements.

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So in this, case we have 10 elements. They total 540. So just divide

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by 10 and their mean is... 54.

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OK now let's check out mode.

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Mode is just the most frequently recurring element.

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We see that in only 1 case does an element repeat itself.

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It's the 55 -- right here -- so yep, 55 is the mode and it is the leader in the clubhouse

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It's the 55 – right here – so yep, 55 is the mode and it is the leader in the clubhouse

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now, one larger than the mean.

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OK now the median -- the median is the middle number.

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So there's the old Shmoop Camp song that goes with medians -- if ya know it, sing

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it with us...

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Throw out the high; throw out the low... throw out the high... throw out the low...

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And uh yeah -- do that a few times crossing out the highs and lows and what's left in

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the middle is ... this.

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It's a tie of 55s. Well, normally we'd average these 2 center numbers but in this

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case they are the same so... uh... not a lot of work to do here.

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We'll call it even at 55. Which ties with mode.

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So the answer is both median and mode.

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Choice E.

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As in, "Element... ary school."

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