Measures of Center, Measures of Variation, and Box Plots

In the U.S., families have 2.4 children on average.

The data is a measure of ​ (a)  

It describes the ​ (b)  

A school wants to avoid classes having more than

1.5 years between the oldest student and the youngest

student.

The data is a measure of ​ (a)  

It describes the ​ (b)  

The average number of pieces of candy a child receives on Halloween is 87

The data is a measure of ​ (a)  

It describes the ​ (b)  

The shortest time a student takes to finish a quiz is

23 minutes while the longest is 52 minutes

The data is a measure of ​ (a)  

It describes the ​ (b)  

A clothing store wants to pay all of its cashiers about the same hourly rate

The data is a measure of ​ (a)  

It describes the ​ (b)  

50% of the girls on a basketball team are taller than

65 inches.

The data is a measure of ​ (a)  

It describes the ​ (b)  

The class was ordered from shortest to tallest

for picture day. The student in the middle was

5 feet 2 inches tall

The data is a measure of ​ (a)  

It describes the ​ (b)  

What is the 5-number summary for the data set.

The data below represents the number of goals

scored by U.S. Women’s Soccer player Carli Lloyd

for the past 7 seasons.

17, 18, 15, 6, 3, 15, 6

min​ = ​ ​ (a)   , Q1=​ (b)   , median=​ ​ (c)   , Q3=​ (d)   , maximum=​ (e)  

The numbers below show the average number of

points per basketball game the Golden State

Warriors’ Kevin Durant has scored each year during

his career (2016-2017 season not included).

(Hint: To find the median for an even number of

values, find the mean for the two middle values.)

28, 25, 32, 28, 28, 28, 30, 25, 20

min​ = ​ ​ (a)   , Q1=​ (b)   , median=​ ​ (c)   , Q3=​ (d)   , maximum=​ (e)