Measures of Center
Measures of Variation
Appropriate Measures
Graphs
Planets
1

Find the mode of: 10, 20, 15, 11

What is there is NO MODE.

1

Find the range of: 10, 6, 11, 14, 25, 13

What is 19?

1

Which measure is most affected by an outlier, the mean or median?

What is mean?

1

Which graph shows frequency of data divided into equal intervals?

What is histogram?

1

The third planet from the sun.

What is Earth?

100

Find the median: 8, 22, 15, 11, 10

What is 11?

100

Name any outliers: 10, 37, 42, 38, 75, 40, 33

What is 10 and 75?

100

When do you use the mean vs. the median for "choosing appropriate measures"?

Mean = When the data distribution is symmetric

Median = When the data distribution is skewed

100

Which graph shows change over a period of time?

What is a histogram?

100

The second planet from the sun.

What is Venus?

500

Find the median and mode: 25, 16, 18, 16, 24, 30

What is median 21 and mode 16?

500

Find the first and third quartiles : 12, 10, 14, 16, 8

What is Q1 = 9 and Q3 = 15?

500

Which measure of center best represents the data? Then find the measure of center.

22, 14, 22, 14, 20, 30, 40, 50, 45, 60

What is Median = 26?

500

Which graph allows you to calculate the IQR easily?

Box and whisker plot

500

The fourth planet from the sun.

What is Mars?

1000

Find the mean of: 10, 15, 22, 30, 45 

What is 24.4?

1000

Find the interquartile range: 10, 6, 22, 12


What is IQR = 9?

1000

Find the mean of : 30, 40, 20, 100, 400

What is mean = 118?

1000
Which graph allows you to analyze the data distribution in intervals of 25%?

Box and whisker plot

1000

The seventh planet from the sun.

What is Uranus?

5000

Mr. Santiago bowled 150, 148, 177 and 184. If he wants to average exactly 172, what must he bowl on the next game?

What is 201?

5000

Thinking of the 5-number summary, find the measures of variation.

17, 52, 22, 43, 41

IQR = 28 and Range = 35

5000

Find the mean with and without the outlier:

50, 60, 70, 80, 200

What is mean with outlier = 92?

What is mean without outlier = 65?
5000

Describe the distribution of the three histograms, A, B and C below. below. 

A: Skewed Right

B: Skewed Left

C: Symmetric

5000

The ninth planet from the sun.

What is Pluto?