Certificate check in - stats

What is the purpose of statistics?

• To confuse people with complex mathematical formulas
• To create fictional data for entertainment purposes
• To make data look more impressive than it actually is
• To collect, analyze, interpret, and present data for informed decisions and predictions.

What is a median?

• The median is the average of the numbers in a list
• The median is the middle value in a list of numbers when they are ordered from smallest to largest.
• The median is the highest value in a list of numbers
• The median is the lowest value in a list of numbers

What is the mean?

• The highest number in a set
• The lowest number in a set
• The total sum of a set of numbers
• The average of a set of numbers

Match the following types of graph

• Line graph

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• Compound bar chart

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• Bar chart

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• Scatter graph

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What is the median of the following numbers:
2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13

• 8

• 8.5

• 9

• 11

What is the range of the following numbers:
2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13

Mathematical Equivalence

OFF

What is the mean of the following numbers:
2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

What is the standard deviation? (click all that apply)

• A measure of the highest value in a set of values
• 1. A quantity expressing by how much the members of a group differ from the mean value for the group.

• A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.
• A measure of the average of a set of values

Is there anything you would like to learn about/use as data within this class as we learn how to process data?

How do you feel about using climate and societal data in the class? (not just your own but me providing world data)