Vocabulary
Central Tendencies
Deviation
RANDOM TRIVIA (not math)
100
What is mean?
The quotient of the sum of several quantities and their number; an average.
100
Given 3, 7, 8, give the mean.
6
100
Given 3, 1, 7, find standard deviation. Round to nearest tenth
3.1
100
How many letters are in this sentence?
32
200
What is median?
The median (middle) value of a range of values.
200
Given 3,4,4,4,5,6,7,7,8, give the median.
5
200
Given 1, 3, 4, 7, find the standard deviation to the nearest tenth.
2.5
200
What key is to the direct right of "t" on a keyboard?
Y
300
What is mode?
The number repeated most often in a string of numbers.
300
Given 1,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,5,6,6,6,7, give the mode
3
300
Given 4,6,3,7,1,5, find the mean absolute deviation. Round to nearest tenth.
1.7
300
If you are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?
The Match
400
What is standard deviation?
A quantity calculated to indicate the extent of deviation for a group as a whole. This means a number that is used to show how far numbers in a group tend to deviate from the mean.
400
Given 1,2,5,7,7,8,12, give the mean.
6
400
Given the numbers 3,5,7,1,3,7,3,8,3, find the mean absolute deviation to the nearest tenth.
2
400
What is the capital of Germany?
Berlin
500
What is mean absolute deviation?
The mean of the absolute deviations of a set of data about the data's mean.
500
Given 5, 3, 7, 1, 3, 8, 3, 4, give the median.
3.5
500
Given 2,3,7,1,3,6,8,2,4,6,8,2,3,7, find the standard deviation, rounded to nearest tenth.
2.5
500
*DOUBLE BONUS QUESTION(Mark + twice for team that gets it right)* What is the average air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Depends, African or European.