Dot Plot
Histogram
Box and Whisker
Distributions
Mean, Median, Mode, Range
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The dot plot shows the quiz scores of students is Ms. Tidwell's 1st period class. Based on this dot plot, what is the mean and median of the data?

Mean = 7.75

Median = 8

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How many people have more than 18 pairs of shoes?

4+1 = 5

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What is the Q1 of the data set?

3 hours

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What is the range of the data?  


9

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The data set below shows the number of free throws made by the high school basketball team during last season’s games.


8, 12, 5, 8, 4, 13, 9, 8, 5, 6, 8


What is the range of the data?  

Range = 9

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9 pets

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What is the mean number of students?

Can not calculate the mean without the exact data.

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What percent of people are 13 or older?

75%

Each segment of the box and whisker plot is 25%

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Are there any Outliers? If so, where?

Yes, 7

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Lisa surveyed her friends to see how many minutes they had to read yesterday to finish their book. The results are in this list:

35, 20, 15, 20, 45, 24

What is the average of the data?

The mean is 26.5

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How What percent of students scored 90% or higher?

62.5%

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How many students were asked about the number of pets they have?

27

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What is the 5 number summary?

2~3~6~8~10

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What is the Distribution of the Data set?

skewed left or right

Skewed right

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Find the median of this data set:

13, 2, 4, 8, 4, 1, 16, 12, 4, 8

Median: 6


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What is the Median grade?

87.5%

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At what interval is there a gap?

9-12

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What is the IQR?

IQR = 3-1.5 

IQR = 1.5

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Are there any gaps? If so, where?

Yes, 6-8

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What would be the better measure of center (mean or median) to use to summarize the data below:

4, 3, 5, 6, 2, 3, 27

MEDIAN!

Outliers mess with data points. 27 is an outlier, so the mean would not accurately reflect most of the data.

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Mode = 18

Range = 11

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Is the data symmetric, skewed right, or skewed left

Skewed right

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True or False: Tamika's minimum is lower than Cari's minimum.

True

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Which measure of center is affected the most by an outlier?

Mean

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Find the range and interquartile range (IQR) of the following data set: 

17, 18, 13, 15, 12, 11, 35, 18, 14


2. Which measures spread best represent the data in #1? Explain  

1. mean = 17; median = 15; range = 24; IQR = 5.5 


2. Answers may vary. Since the outlier (35) affects the mean and range, the median and IQR probably best represent the data

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