A1 Unit 1 ILC Review

Which statistical measure is most appropriate for measuring the center of this data?

• mean

• median

Answer explanation

Because this distribution has outliers, the mean will be distorted by the extreme values. Therefore, the median is the more appropriate measure of center.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

What is the appropriate measure of center for the data set?

• Mean, because there is not an outlier

• Median, because there is not an outlier

• Mean, because there is an outlier

• Median, because there is an outlier

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

Which statistical measure is most appropriate for measuring the center of this data?

• mean

• median

Answer explanation

Because distribution is symmetric and not skewed, we use the mean, which gives equal weight to all values in the data set.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

The box plot shows the test scores in Mr. Jordan's class. The appropriate measure of center is the ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• Median
• Mode
• Mean
• Range
• IQR

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

The tennis team needs to raise money by selling raffle tickets. The box plots show how many tickets were sold over 15 days by 3 students. What is the appropriate measure of center for Daniel?​ (a)  

• Median
• Mean
• Range
• IQR

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

What is the range?

• average
• biggest-smallest
• the middle #
• # happening the most

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

Select the (2) measures of CENTER.

• Mean

• Median

• IQR

• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

If a dot plot is symmetric, what measure of center should be used to describe the data?

• MEAN

• MEDIAN

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

The data set represents the number of hours that fifteen students walked during a two-week period.

• 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 10 10 12 13 14 15 16 30

The median is 10 hours, Q1 is 8, Q3 is 14, and the IQR is 6 hours. Are there any outliers in the data? 

Select the correct choice.

• Yes

• No

The data set represents the number of hours that fifteen students walked during a two-week period.

• 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 10 10 12 13 14 15 16 30

The median is 10 hours, Q1 is 8, Q3 is 14, and the IQR is 6 hours. Are there any outliers in the data? 

If so, what is it?

• 30

• No outliers

• 6

• 13