Samples
Data types/measurement
5 number summary
Measure of Center
Measure of variation
Empirical Rule
Frequency Tables
100

The numbers picked is the lottery

What is a random sample?

100

Choose political party affiliation 

What is characteristic/ nominal data

100

Data: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25

I am the median.

What is 15?

100

Outliers can change my value by a lot.

What is the mean.

100

I am the difference between the maximum and minimum values in a data set.

What is the range?

100

Approximately 68% of a normal population lies between +/- ___ stDev.

What is 1 stdev

100

class     | frequency

20 - 29  |    5

30 - 39  |    7

I am the number that represents the class boundary between the given classes. 

What is 29.5?

200

Dividing student body into 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students, randomly sample a proportion from each year.

What is a stratified sample?

200

What shoe size are you?  7 , 7 1/2, 8, ect

What is characteristic/ ordinal.

200

Data: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25

I am the Quartile 1

What is 10?

200

I am the best measure of center when the data is highly skewed.

What is the median

200

If the mean is 50 and one standard deviation = 5,  then 60 represents?

What is +2 st dev from the mean. 

200

Approximately ___ % of a normal populations lie between +/- 2 Stdev.

What is 95%?

200

class     | frequency

20 - 29  |    5

30 - 39  |    7

I am the value of the cumulative frequency < 40.

What is 12?

300

Dividing a strawberry field into 20 sub plots, then randomly selection 5. And testing all plant in those 5 plots for mold.

What is a cluster sample?

300

How many shoes do you own?

What is discrete/ ratio?

300

Data: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25

I am Quartile 3

What is 20

300

I am the right most measure of center if the distribution of the data is skewed right.

What is the mean.

300

I am the square root of the variance

What is standard deviation?

300

Given a mean of 100 and a sigma = 15, TI am the approximate percentage of data that are between 70 and 130

What is 95%?

300

class     | frequency

20 - 29  |    5

30 - 39  |    7

I am the class width of this distribution.

What is 10?

400

Clocking the speed of every 10th driver as they pass by a police car.

What is a systematic sample?

400

How much does each bear in the sample weight?

What is continuous/ ratio.

400

If the mean of a set of data = 100, with a stDev = 10,  I am the Z -score for x = 80

What number is - 2

400

I am the average of the min and max of the data set.

What is the mid-range?

400

I am significant if I am outside +/- ___ stDev

What is 2?

400

Given mean = 50  and sigma = 10, I am  the LL and UL of approximately 99.7% of the data. 

What is LL of 20 and UL of 80?

400

class     | frequency

20 - 29  |    5

30 - 39  |    7

I am the midpoint of the 1st class. 

What is 24.5?

500

Divide a population of manatees into male and female, then then randomly sample some from each group.

What is a stratified sample?

500

In what year was a historical figure born?

Discrete / interval

500

Given Q1 = 20, Q2 = 40, Q3 = 60, I am an outlier  when I am greater than ????

What value is 120?

500

I am the best measur of center when the data is categorical.

What is the mode?

500

I am the variable that represents the number of standard deviations from the mean.

What is Z-score.

500

Given mean of 100, and sigma of 15, I am the approximate % of the population that is less than 115. 

what is 84%

500

class     | frequency

20 - 29  |    5

30 - 39  |    7

I am the relative frequency of the first class?

What is  41.66%  

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