Movie Reviewer (Mean and Median)

Movie reviewers rate movies on a scale of 0 to 10. Each movie comes with a set of reviews that can be changed by the user. The mean of a data set can be explored using a see-saw balance model. Students can also find the median, mode, and range of the data set.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Calculate the mean of a set of data.
  • Understand and interpret mean as a balanced center of data.
  • Calculate the median of a set of data.
  • Identify outliers and understand their effect on mean and median.
VOCABULARY:
  • data, mean, median, outlier

LESSON MATERIALS: