This type of data can be measured and ordered, and it often includes things like age, income, or temperature.
numerical
this measure is found by adding all the data values and dividing by how many values there are.
mean
Basketball Soccer Total
9th Grade 20 30 50
10th Grade 15 35 50
Total 35 65 100
what is the percentage of kids who like basketball
35%
what is the average amount of eggs laid?
6
How many countries are there in the world today?
195
When analyzing this type of data, you often use pie charts or bar graphs to represent the distribution of categories.
categorical
This measure of central tendency is the value that appears most often in a data set
mode
Basketball Soccer Total
9th Grade 20 30 50
10th Grade 15 35 50
Total 35 65 100
what is the percent of students liking soccer
35%
Which value represents the upper quartile (Q3) in this box plot?

175
how many countries are in Africa
54
numerical or categorical
what is your osis number
numerical
This measure is the middle value when the data set is arranged in order.
median
Basketball Soccer Total
9th Grade 20 30 50
10th Grade 15 35 50
Total 35 65 100
out of the students who like soccer what percent is from 9th grade (round to the nearest whole)
54%
What is the median of the data shown in this box plot?
168
what team is second in the most champions league won
ac milan
numerical or categorical
what is your height
numerical
This measure is most affected by extremely high or low values in a data set.
mean
Basketball Soccer Total
9th Grade 20 30 50
10th Grade 15 35 50
Total 35 65 100
out of the students who like basketball what percent are from tenth grade (round to the nearest whole)
43%
Based on the box plot, what is the interquartile range (IQR) of the data?

47
(78-31)
Approximately how many languages are spoken worldwide today?
7,917
numerical or categorical
what is your jersey number
categorical
If a data set has two values that occur most often, this is called being
bimodal
Basketball Soccer Total
9th Grade 20 31 50
10th Grade 14 35 50
Total 34 66 100
out of the students who like soccer what percent of students are in the 9th grade (round to the nearest whole )
47%
If the median is closer to Q1 than Q3, what does this suggest about the distribution of the data?
The data is positively skewed (skewed to the right).
How many satellites are currently orbiting Earth (both active and inactive)?
1,350