{"id":802,"date":"2021-08-16T16:58:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/introstatscorequisite\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=802"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:51:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:51:46","slug":"introduction-to-measures-of-the-center-of-data","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/introstatscorequisite\/chapter\/introduction-to-measures-of-the-center-of-data\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Measures of the Center of Data","rendered":"Introduction to Measures of the Center of Data"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: calculate mean, median, and mode, and determine which is a better representation for the data set<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-803 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5668\/2021\/08\/16165458\/pexels-freestocksorg-34407-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"a person holding an iphone that is displaying the youtube play button\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>What is the typical amount of money brought in by a person who has advertisements on their YouTube channel? 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