Intro to Stats 1.6 pt 1

Multiple Choice

One might make the statement that most commuters travel . . . minutes to work. The data value that occurs the most is called the mode. What is the mode for this data?

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 30

Multiple Choice

One might make the statement that most commuters travel . . . minutes to work. If the mode is 15 would this be a good representation of the "middle" of the data?

• Yes, it is the most common.

• No, the most common value is not always in the "middle"

• 85 minutes is a long commute, they are probably living in the middle. . .

  of nowhere.

Multiple Choice

Here are those travel times to work for 20 randomly chosen workers in New York state along with a dot plot. Find the median.

• 20

• 22.5

• 25

• 30

Multiple Choice

Here are the travel times to work for 20 randomly chosen workers in New York state along with a dot plot. What does the median tell us?

• Half the people sampled travel 22.5 minutes to work.

• Half the people travel more than 22.5 minutes and half the people travel less than 22.5 minutes.

• 22.5 people were sampled.

• Most commuters have a 15 minute drive to work.

Fill in the Blanks

This is the number of runs scored by the Lawrence High School baseball team in all 21 games in their season. Find the mean of the distribution to the nearest hundredth.

Fill in the Blanks

12 looks like it might be an outlier. Find the mean of the runs scored in the other 20 games.

Open Ended

How does the 12 run score affect the mean?

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