Describe why this measurement is being used in the example you found – why did they use either Mean, Median, or Mode?

For your homework assignment, find a real world example that uses Mean, Median, and Mode – 1 example of each. It does not all have to come from the same place. Then explain how it is being used and what the data show. Then describe why this measurement is being used in the example you found – why did they use either Mean, Median, or Mode?

If you are looking to find some data and are unsure of where to begin, I would recommend paying more attention the news, especially since we are in the middle of an election cycle, so polls are good like gallup. Fivethirtyeight.com has data on politics and sports. Pew Research always has a ton of data on all kinds of issues. You could look at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics or the US Census Bureau and look at the data they have gathered. Any one of these places (and many more) use these simple measures of central tendency to help sort and make sense out of data.