Measures of Central Tendency
Types of Data Display
Word Problems
Best Fit
Application
100
The measure of central tendency that refers to the number that occurs most often.
What is mode?
100
Graph D is a ______________
What is Line Plot?
100
Carlos and Maria were arguing over who is the better basketball player. Here are their statistics: Points scored per game, Carlos: 10, 6, 9, 3, 12 Points scored per game, Maria: 11, 10, 8, 7 Carlos said "You see, I've scored 10+6+9+3+12 = 40 points this season, and you've only scored 11+10+8+7 = 36 points this season." Maria said "That's true, but you've played 5 games and I've only played 4 games, so that's not a fair way to count." The better player is ________________.
Who is Maria?
100
Best graph to compare parts of a whole
What is circle/pie graph?
100
The mean of 500, 1500, 1000, 1500, 2500
What is 1400?
200
Add all digits and divide by the number of numbers.
What is finding the mean or average?
200
Graph B is a ____________
What is line graph?
200
A class of 25 students took a math test. 10 students had a mean score of 80. The other students had a mean score of 60. What is the mean score of the whole class?
What is 68?
200
Graph showing changes over time
What is line graph?
200
The graph with a mean of 21
What is Graph A or B?
300
The median in Graph A
What is 20?
300
Graph A is a ______________
What is Stem and Leaf?
300
Cory has received the following grades this term: 75, 87, 90, 88, 79. If he wishes to earn an 85 average, what must he score on his final test?
What is 91?
300
Best display for large groups of numbers
What is stem and leaf?
300
The numbers most likely to occur in Graph E.
What is 12-17?
400
The range in Graph C.
What is 10?
400
Graph E is called a ____________.
What is Histogram?
400
Ice Cream Sales Vanilla - 36 Chocolate - 40 Coffee - 4 Strawberry - 6 Peach - ? Given: median number of sales = 6 range in number of sales = 36 mean number of sales = 18 How many peach ice creams were sold?
What is 4?
400
Best display for showing a relationship between two sets of data
What is Venn diagram or double bar graph?
400
The number 11 represents this measure of central tendency in this set of numbers: 14, 13, 8, 12, 8
What is the mean?
500
The mean of Graph C.
What is 17?
500
A graph or data display not pictured on the handout.
What is pictograph, Venn diagram, circle or pie graph, or box & whisker?
500
Given 12, 26, 16, 28, x, and x. The mean is 19. The range is 16. The mode is 16. The median is 16. x = _______
What is x = 16?
500
Best graph to display ranges of data
What is histogram?
500
Graph with this data: 30, 6, 32, 25, 8, 20, 14, 45, 26, 15, 28, 20, 18, 20
What is Graph A?
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