The mean is calculated by adding up all the individual observations and then dividing by the total number of observations in the data set. This makes option C the correct answer. Option A describes the median, option B describes the mode, and option D is incorrect as there are other measures of central tendency such as median and mode.

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The Mean Is the

Question 11

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The mean is the

A) middle number in an ordered data set.
B) most frequently observed value in a data set.
C) sum of the individual observation divided by the number of observations.
D) only relevant measure of central tendency.

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