Shape, Center and Spread

Which of the following best describes the shape of the distribution? (a)  

• skewed left
• skewed right
• uniform
• symmetrical

Should we use the mean or the median to represent the center of the data?

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

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Which of the following best describes the shape of the distribution? (a)  

• skewed left
• skewed right
• uniform
• symmetrical

Given that the data is symmetric, which pair of measures should be used to represent the data?

• center: median

  spread: standard deviation

• center: mean

  spread: IQR

• center: mean

  spread: standard deviation

• center: median

  spread: IQR

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Which of the following best describes the shape of the distribution?

• skewed left

• skewed right

• uniform

• symmetrical

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Find the IQR of the distribution.

(only type in the number)

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

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The range is the difference between the maximum and minimum values.

• True

• False

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Which describes the shape of the distribution? (a)  

• skewed right
• skewed left
• symmetric
• uniform

Which measure of center will be the smallest?

(Remember which one pulls toward the tail)

• median

• mean

• mode

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Which measure of spread should be used to describe the distribution?

• standard deviation

• interquartile range

• range

• median

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