6.8.2 - Choose Measures of Center

Identify the outlier for the given data?
23, 34, 27, 7, 30, 26, 28, 31, 34

• 7
• 23
• 31
• 34

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.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

Given the set of data below, what would be the most meaningful measure?
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 21

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

If a data set is bimodal, how many modes does it have?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

A  number that is either MUCH larger or MUCH smaller than the rest of the numbers is a(n)

• outlier
• inlier
• lier
• I'm lying

If you have two numbers in the middle, you should

• add them together and divide by two
• find the number in between the two
• find the mean of the two numbers
• all of these

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

If a number is added to the set that is near the mean, how does this affect the range?

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

• both increase and decrease

If a number is added to the set that is in the middle of the data, how does this affect the range?

• increase
• decrease
• stay the same
• both increase and decrease

If 10 is added to every value in a set of data, what will happen to the value of the median?

• it will increase by 10
• it will decrease by 10
• it will stay the same
• it will both increase and decrease

Which is a good measure of center when the data contains an outlier?

• mean

• median

• mode

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2