Statistical Questions
Measures of Variation, IQR; Range
Mean
Median; Mode
Box and Whisker Plot /More
100
What makes a question statistical?

It has several different varying answers.

100

What is the measure of variation; IQR and range? Give a well developed definition and give an example.

What is IQR- The range difference between the upper and lower quartile. Measures of Variation- a measure that describes the distribution to a data set. Range- Subtracting the upper quartile from the lower quartile.

100

20+40+80+90= 57.5 True or False Is this the Mean?

What is True. 20+40+80+90=230. 230/4=57.5

100

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 What is the Median?

What is 5

100

When should you use the mean and the range?

When there is NOT AN OUTLIER and the data is SYMMERTRICAL.

200

Mrs. Patruski's class voted on their favorite color. Is this a statistical question?

What is yes

200

What is the range of: 3,2,34,5,12,14?

What is 11

200

5,7,10,14,16,19 What is the range?

What is 14

200

5+6+3+2+8+9+5+5+2 What is the mode?

What is 5?

200
When should you use the median and the IQR?

When there IS AN OUTLIER and when the data is SKEWED.

300

How many students in HMS in each homeroom have oval,circle, square, rectangle shaped glasses? Is this a statistical question?

What is yes

300

Is this the correct order? 8,12,1,9,3,5,2? Explain.

What is No, because it need to be in order from least to greatest.

300

Here are a students grades: 90,60,80,70,50 Find the average or mean of the numbers.

What is 70

300

5+6+3+2+8+9+5+5+2 What is the Median?

What is 5?

300

1+3+2++5+6+8+40+2+4+5+2+10+43 What is Q1,Q2,Q3 of the data set?

What is Q1=2 Q2=5 Q3=10

400

How many kids have Nike shoes? Is this a statistical question? Explain why?

What is No, there is no specific person or group your asking the question to. The answer to this question does not have a variability of answers.

400

What would be the interquartile range of 12 as the upper quartile and 5 as the lower quartile?

What is 7; 12 (Upper Quartile) - 5 (lower Quartile) = 7

400

30+50+80+210 What is the mean? Round to the tenths place.

What is 92.2

400

30+40+80+100+20+30+30 What is the median and the mode?

What is Median=30 Mode=30

400

With a box and whisker plot what do the whiskers symbolize?

What is THE LOWER 25% OF THE DATA AND THE UPPER 25% OF THE DATA

500

How many students in this class watched the Braves game last night? Is this a statistical question?

NO

500

Define upper and lower quartile.

What is Upper Quartile - the median of the upper half of the data set. Lower Quartile - the median of the lower half of the data

500

200+300+400+450+500 What is the mean?

What is 370

500

1+5+6++8+4+3+2+10+2+40+43+5 What is the median and the mode?

What is Median=5 mode=2 & 5

500

What is a lower extreme and an upper extreme?

What is lower extreme- smallest data piece upper extreme- biggest data piece