Basic Statistics

Another word for finding the average is ____

• mode

• median

• mean

• range

The number that appears the most often is called the ___

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

You find the range of the data by ____

• max minus min

• min minus max

• max minus upper quartile

• lower quartile minus min

the lower quartile is the ___

• median

• median of the lower half of the data

• median of the upper half of the data

• mean

the interquartile range is ___

• max minus upper quartile

• upper quartile minus lower quartile

• max minus min

• lower quartile minus min

the lower extreme is

• max

• quartile

• median

• min

the upper extreme is ___

• max

• quartile

• median

• min

Find the range for the following set of data:

65, 72, 54, 48, 60, 68, 79

• 14

• 24

• 31

• 36

To find the median by looking at the data, you should ___

• find the middle number

• put the numbers in order from least to greatest first

• find out how many repeat

• subtract the first and last number

If you have an outlier, the _____ is used to describe the data.

• mean

• median

• mode