Measures of Variation Pt I
Graph
Box and Whisker
Measures of Variation Pt II
Standard Deviation
100

For the data set: 14, 16, 18, 30, 19, 15, 13

What is the range?

17


100

The name of this type of graph

What is a histogram?

100

The difference between the 1st and 3rd quartile.

What is the IQR?

100

Find Q2 in the data set 14, 16, 18, 24, 19, 15, 13.

16

100

What is the first step in finding the standard deviation of a data set? 

Find the mean

200

Find the median for the data set: 72, 29, 27, 24, 28, 30, 51, 28.

28.5

200

The name of this type of graph

What is a box and whisker plot?

200

All the points listed on a box and whisker plot.

What is the minimum, 1st quartile, median, 3rd quartile, and maximum?

200

Find Q1 the data set 14, 18, 16, 24, 19, 15, 13.

14

200

The standard deviation tells me this about the data.

What is the spread of the data?

300

What are the extreme values of the data set: 91, 92, 88, 89, 93, 195, 60, 85, 91?

Minimum: 60

Maximum: 195


300

Use the data below to create a stem and leaf plot.

2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 22, 25, 29, 30, 33, 37

Stem      Leaf

0            2  5  8

1            0  1  5  6  7

2            2  5  9

3            0  3  7

300

What percent of the data is contained on each whisker?

25%

300

Find the IQR of the data set: 22,25,28,29,30,34,51.

9

300

Whats the last step in finding the standard deviation of a data set?

Square root

400

Find Q3 of the data set 132, 116, 108, 113, 126, 120, 131, 112, 126.

128.5

400

A skewed left distribution will (ALWAYS/SOMETIMES/NEVER) have a bigger mean than its median.

NEVER

400

What percent of the data is in the inner quartiles?

50%

400

The following is a list of SAT scores of 8 students: 1400, 400, 1592, 1600, 1300, 500, 1200. In which quartile does the score of 1200 fall?

Q1

400

Removing an outlier will (ALWAYS/SOMETIMES/NEVER) increase the standard deviation. 

NEVER

500

Find Q1 of the data set 107, 114, 124, 108, 117, 106, 107, 109, 117, 115.

107

500

A standard(bell) distribution will have (ALWAYS/SOMETIMES/NEVER) have the same mean, median, and mode.

ALWAYS

500

Use the data below to create a box and whisker plot

100, 110, 110, 120, 130, 140, 140, 150, 150, 160, 180, 200

Check with Mr. Suchy

500

What is the resulting percentage of the data when you subtract the upper quartile from the lower quartile?

50%

500

Find the standard deviation of the data below

25, 28, 30, 22, 18, 20, 24, 33

Standard Deviation= 4.77