Comparing Data Sets One Variable Statistics

Corinne is planning a beach vacation in July and is analyzing the daily high temperatures for her potential destination. She would like to choose a destination with a high median temperature and a small interquartile range. She constructed box plots shown in the diagram above. Which destination has a median temperature above 80 degrees and the smallest interquartile range?

• Ocean Beach

• Whispering Palms

• Serene Shores

• Pelican Beach

• a

• b

• c

• d

What is the maximum value?

• 3

• 8

• 10

• 18

Which city, Nashville or Dallas, has the smallest minimum temperature?

• Nashville

• Dallas

Which city, Nashville or Dallas, has the lowest Q1?

• Nashville

• Dallas

How many people watched more than 6 hours of TV?

• 10

• 5

• 20

• 17

If we use the mean to measure the typical value or center of the data, we would use the _________ to measure the variability.

• IQR

• Median

• Mean

• Standard Deviation

• a

• b

• c

• d

When comparing data sets, a higher Standard Deviation indicates...

• More consistency and less variability

• Less consistency and less variability

• More consistency and more variability

• Less consistency and more variability

• Skewed Left
• Skewed Right
• Uniform
• Symmetric