Boss Battle May 19

The number of pages that Carolyn wrote in her journal each day from Monday to Friday is shown below: 
9, 8, 12, 6, 10
What is the mean number of pages she wrote per day?

• 5
• 6
• 9
• 11

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the mode?

4 , 8 , 5 , 17 , 5 , 4 , 9 , 5 , 6 , 82

• 4

• 9

• 6

• 5

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

Which is a synonym for "average?"

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

If you score 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests, what would your median score be? 

• 84
• 90
• 85
• 88

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

• spread

• mean

• outlier

• median

What measure of central tendency (mean, median or mode) would be best for the following set of data?

0, 89, 92, 97, 99, 100

• Mode, because it is the one that shows up the most.

• Median, because there is an outlier. The outlier would influence the mean too much.

• Mean, because you should always use the mean.

• There is not a best measure of central tendency for this data.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

Which measure of central tendency best represents this set of data:
3, 18, 2, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

An employer wants to know how their 500 employees like working for them. Which is the most representative sample?

• Ask the first 75 people to show up for work

• Randomly select the names of 10 employees

• Poll the Employees of the Month for the past year

• Randomly select the names of 75 employees

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Which question has the least bias?

• What is your favorite fruit juice?

• Smart people enjoy playing chess, do you like playing chess?

• Do you prefer smelly dogs to clean cats?

• Do you support keeping children safe at school?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A _________ is a sample in which each individual or object in the entire population has an equal chance of being selected.

• Sample

• Population

• Random Sample

• Bias

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3