Statistics Review

Roger bowled 7 games last weekend. His scores are: 155, 165, 138, 172, 127, 193, 142. What is the range of Roger's scores?

• 193
• 127
• 60
• 66

The number of miles that Jenna cycled each week for a 7-week period is shown:

36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31

What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?

• 24

• 39

• 36

• 52

In order to find the median, the data must be sorted from least to greatest first.

• True
• False

Dr. Dre is a dentist. He needs to report on the average (Mean) number of cavities that his patients have.

1, 0, 1, 5, 0, 3, 4. What is the average number of cavities?

• 14

• 2

• 7

• 1

The mode score on the 6th grade math test was 94! Which of these interpretations must be correct?

• 99 was the highest score on the test.
• More students received a 94 than any other score
• No student scored below a 50
• A score of 91 was slightly below average.

The heights of some students are given.

158cm 172cm 164cm

164cm 167cm 159cm

What is the RANGE of the heights?

• 13 cm

• 330 cm

• 164 cm

• 14 cm

At Donald's Donuts the number of donut holes in a bag can vary. Help Donald find the MODE.

12,10,10,10,13,12,11,13,10

• 10

• 12

• 10 and 12

• No Mode

What is the MEDIAN of this set of data?

10, 90, 80, 60, 50, 40, 70, 30, 20, 100

• 50

• 60

• 55

• 45

Gary has taken an aptitude test 8 times and his scores are 96, 98, 98, 105, 36, 87, 95, and 93. Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate for his scores?

• Median

• Mode

• Mean

• Range

The scores shown below were received by four science teams named A, B, C, and D in an examination. Each team reported an "average" of 90. Which of the following is true for the measure of central tendency that was used by the team?

A: 80, 85, 90, 95, 100

B: 93, 92, 90, 90, 91

C: 80, 86, 95, 92, 90

D: 85, 90, 90, 90, 90

• Team D used mean

• Team C used mode

• Team A used mean

• Team B used median