NAME

l-lorneu;urE

Meosures o[ Centrql Tendency

then
l by odding the set of numbeii-ond

'
Themeonistheoverogeo[.oseto[numbers.ItisfoundbyoddrngmeseT
oddenos'
of
number
the
dividing by
. numbers
, rhot
.r r :-is ordered
["..,* leost to greotest'
oreotest.
^-l^.^l lrom
o[
ser
o
o[
middle number
numbers'
tt''l t*o middle
i'i'if'"
''l*"lf
is
when there ""
no mode if oll
o set o[ numbers- There is
in
often
most
oppeqrs
thot
The mode is the number
tf'" some number ot times

il"TIil ,i";;;;;;;;;a.r,#*',
;;ffi;f"*
The

ronge

in the set'
the greotest ond leost numbers
is the dilference between

Findthemeon,medion,mode,ondrongeofthefollowingseto[numbers.
3q,32,39, 33, 37,36,39'
288

38

. 38:
^^ T:30
+
39
+
36
+
37
+
+ 32 + 39 + 33

meon:3Lt

'1./

ronge.
to find medion, mode, ond
greotest
to
leost
from
Arronge the numbers
39
32, 33,3+, 36, 37 , 38, 39 ,
7
ronge: 39 -32
39
36+37
|
mode:
-36.5
medlOn: --Z- -

-----d

Findthemeon/*"a**mode,ondrongeo[thefollowingseiso[numbers.

l.

8,

6,9,

meon:

12,+,9, 10,9,2

+0.7,23.1,18.5,

Ll3'6

52'l' 50'9' +Lt'B' 23' I

meon:

medion:

medion:
mode:

mode:
ronge:

2.

}D

163,
152, 136, 171,208, 193,
l2+, 212, 216, 17 I

rqnge:

612, 530,
3+9, 562.5, 612, 3q9, 187,
7 I 6.5, 3q9 , 902
meon:

b,q

meon:
medion:

medion:
mode:

ronge:

l'l I
4Y

mode:

ronge:

'll5
ChoPter 9, Lesson 6

Speckum Moth

Grode 7

r08

Probobility ond Stotistics

f*r

NArvtE W

:,
:

Line Plots
orlvillustro'"\"^f

;;;;.y,
meosures of centroi
line

such os ronge ond

Plor

Height of MY clossmqtes

whot is rhe

TS;ff l"'::;,f;r]'f'fl'l'['i5"'t''

mode''

"'Height
I lstvrrr (in
\rr' inches)

eis 62 inches

*or.;iiff;lJ[H:1,:::gKi* I;:'[:rl5:1i"""*'n:'J!:,rl

Whot is the ronge

students were polled'

number or Xs.)Thilq
toror
(!:..un,the
poued?
rnd l5 Xs in from the risht'
i"
,,
ru
counr
inth"t' the medion
of t1.," ura"",ri
whor is the medion heighi these *-"'"rru"rr- g".orr'J dth ;;[ers ore'iz
o[
The medion is the ov"rJg"

::;::;,i,il5"re

i-r"i"'i"r

is 62 inches.
thot follow'
swer the q-uestions

Month
Number of Books Reod Per

{x

*I

I**o{it

-o I 2 3 t+ 5 6

l{

15 16 t7

t8

url.,b"rofBooks

l.Whotisthemodeo[thedoto?lob_o,,.^Vg*:"l:y::::::i"-:",;i#
;;'; is'ihe medi'n or'lhe d"'? s

; Y}';'jl;fi::l::;t;J-ffi-whot
i*tii^i;H ky'u'
3.
o,,8 **w^'H)%Hffi
doto.
ot the extreme ends o[ thg
tholore
points
doto
outliers ore

ore ihe outlier

numbers?

xxx

Moth Test
Scsres on Lost Week's

' {ilxttl{{
{+tlTili***;;iil
6ga90929+96

*O
r+. Whot score wos most frequent?
s. How mony srudents scored B0
spectrum

Grode

Moth

or

ffi)L

'

'

scores?
Whot is the ronge of the

whor wos rhe meqn

31

score?

3D

ChoPter 6, Lesson 8
probobirity ond stoiisiics

"

NAME )9
Box-ond-Whisker Plots
to divide
A box-qnd-whisker plot disploys doto olong o nu-mber line. Quortiles ore used
ond lower
upper
quortil" is isrof the number of items. The
i6" a.ill"to fou,";;;t
quortiles, representin'g 10% of.the doio, form the box'
The upper exrreme ih"'gh;;ir"tr"t onJ io*"r extreme ,l?;i:. n1ffiii. Medion .'tmi #[3il"

ilil i;.i

if"*"it'*tr"i

-T'"-"{#l-

f.'*ihJ*hitk"".

Thisbox-ond-whiskerploirepresentsihefollowingdoto:
12, 13, I +, I +, 15, 16, 17 , lB, 19, 19, 2l
Upper Quortile (medion of upper holf): 19
Upper Extreme:
Lower Quortile (medion of lower holf): lL[
Lower Extreme:

2l
t2

Middle Quortile (medion): l6

Use the box-ond-whisker plots below to onswer the following questions.

l.

Whot is the medion number of

*i1",

*ol[ude

Miles Wolked in Wolk'q'Thon

2. Whot ore the lowest ond highest

<r

numbers of miles wolked?

lowest: 5

highest:

I>

5 6 7 I 9 l0 ll 12 13
MifE'

)3

3. Il 126 people porticipoted in the wolkothon,

how mony'people wolked

7-lo miles?

r+. Whot percentoge of the people wolked more thon l0

miles?

Q5,/,

Books Reod Over the Summer

5. Whot is the medion number of

books reod?

6. Whot is the upper quortile?

)B

2+6810121+16182022

7. Whot oercentoqe of the PeoPle who

+ or fewer books?
r."rpond"d to th"e survey

i*i

8. Whot is the most number of books onyone reod?

9. If 82 people responded to this survey, how mony

r"od from { to 18 books?

Speckum Moth
l-

urode /

tt2

Chopter 9, Lesson l0
Probobility ond Stotistics

p3 3

Make a Box Plot

This is.a list of the temperatures recorded periodically in April.
37, 44, 44, 45, 52, 54, 60, 56, 52, 53, 48, 46, 45, 46, 43

y0

{i

TemPeratures in APril

$ff

$u

_Qi *"*rtte the numbers

in order. What is the median?

What are thehr;)extreme and the

-bV*etas
!d

$i

Wf,"t

is

the lower quartile? What

is

Ojwrratisthe,n,",S#i;*J",

"^e?

55

60

v;

5bt5t,5brbo
rl.
" ;irr,

What

the upper quartik

3lA' ,t!

UA

s>- 44 = 9

'',3

the data above to make a box plot on the number line above. ls the data skewed?

f|;

Use

wr,ut can vou infer from this

Puriy,r
tt2

,: .t

,w

lr,

50

45

40

35

.$J*

Statistics

hxr

++"

*ns we rs
rvtost krnt

data?

a rnd

53".

ar

f :

Xa 'u 'rYPk r:
)
')
be+-rrG

Name krg
r-.,rso^il

on"

Practice B

Find the first and third quartiles for eaqh data set.

2. 18,20,34,33,

1.37,48, 56, 35,53,41, 50

first
third

quartile,

3'7

first

JE4r

quartile'.

16,

quartile,

third quadile:

44,42,27

38

Use the given data to make a box-and-whisker

s. s{ 2a,7d,Ed, 4/,

l0 t5
4.

Ao

^5

F, s/, ?1, F, F,

<l

#, vf, fl

3o 35 Qo qs- So SS (oo &5 7o

4f , yii,

y, /r, N, lc, ff,

t]tb,

Lq,

34;18,YAz

afi 4@u4

V0

ltFtlllllt>

ta t5 lo Js 3o 3s +'o t{5 5a 5s bo

Use the box-and-whisker plots to compare the data sets.

P*\ran5r10

20

5. Compare the medians and ranges.

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