Quiz about Measures of Center & Spread

Question 1

It's the number you get when you add all the numbers together and then divide by the amount of numbers you have.

Accepted Answer

mean

Answer

median

Answer

mode

Answer

range

Question 2

It's the middle number in a set of data.

Accepted Answer

median

Answer

mean

Answer

mode

Answer

range

Question 3

It's the number that occurs the most times in a set of data.

Accepted Answer

mode

Answer

mean

Answer

median

Answer

range

Question 4

It is a measure of variability that you get when you subtract the smallest number in a set of data from the largest number.

Accepted Answer

range

Answer

mean

Answer

median

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mode

Question 5

Which measure of center should you use if there is an outlier in your data?

Accepted Answer

median

Answer

mean

Question 6

Which measure of center should you use if there are no outliers?

Accepted Answer

mean

Answer

median

Question 7

What is the median of the following set of data?

14, 21, 23, 25, 25

Accepted Answer

23

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25

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14

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21

Question 8

What is the mode of the following set of data?

14, 21, 23, 25, 25

Accepted Answer

25

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23

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21

Answer

14

Question 9

Is there an outlier in the following set of data?

8, 45, 45, 47, 48, 48, 49, 50

Accepted Answer

yes

Answer

no

Question 10

Which measure of center should you use for the following data distribution?

Accepted Answer

median

Answer

mean

Question 11

Which is true?

Accepted Answer

Mean = Median

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Mean < Median

Answer

Mean > Median

Question 12

Which measure of center should you use?

Accepted Answer

mean

Answer

median

Question 13

Which is true?

Accepted Answer

Mean > Median

Answer

Mean < Median

Answer

Mean = Median

Question 14

Which measure of center should you use?

Accepted Answer

median

Answer

mean

Question 15

Which is true?

Accepted Answer

Mean = Median

Answer

Mean < Median

Answer

Mean > Median

Question 16

Which measure of center should you use?

Accepted Answer

mean

Answer

median

Question 17

Which is true?

Accepted Answer

Mean > Median

Answer

Mean < Median

Answer

Mean = Median

Question 18

Which measure of center should you use?

Accepted Answer

median

Answer

mean

Question 19

What is the definition of the mean?

Accepted Answer

The average

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The middle number

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The difference between the highest and lowest numbers

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The number that occurs the most

Question 20

What is the mean of these numbers?
4,5,5,2,3,3,2,8

Accepted Answer

4

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40

Answer

24

Answer

256

Question 21

Find the mean of the following numbers 40, 38, 46, 38, 51 and 57.

Accepted Answer

45

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40

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38

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35

Question 22

What is another word for average?

Accepted Answer

Mean

Answer

Median

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Mode

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Range

Question 23

What is the first thing you should do before finding the median or the mode?

Accepted Answer

Put numbers in order from least to greatest

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Start crossing numbers off

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List the numbers how they are

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Look for repeats

Question 24

When finding the median, what do you do if there are two middle numbers?

Accepted Answer

Add them together and divide by 2

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Write them both as the answer

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Give up

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Pick one

Question 25

Find the median:
3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 1

Accepted Answer

3.5

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3 and 4

Answer

There isn't one

Answer

3

Question 26

Can there be more than one mode?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Question 27

Find the mode:
4, 5, 4, 3, 5, 1, 6

Accepted Answer

4 & 5

Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

3

Question 28

What is the definition of the range?

Accepted Answer

The difference of the largest and smallest numbers

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The average

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The number that occurs the most

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The middle number

Question 29

What day sold the most cars?

Accepted Answer

Friday

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Saturday

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Sunday

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Monday

Question 30

What is the range of the data shown?

Accepted Answer

70

Answer

85

Answer

90

Answer

80

Question 31

What is the median?

Accepted Answer

62

Answer

58

Answer

66

Answer

60

Question 32

Which of the following is NOT a Measure of Center?

Accepted Answer

range

Answer

mean

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median

Answer

mode

Question 33

What is the MEAN of the data set below?

Accepted Answer

18

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14

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31

Answer

90

Question 34

What is the median of the data set?

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

18

Answer

22

Answer

51

Question 35

What is the mode of the data set?

Accepted Answer

14

Answer

12

Answer

12 and 14

Answer

no mode

Question 36

What is an outlier?

Accepted Answer

A value that is much less or much greater than the rest of the data

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A value that repeats more than the other values

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The middle value when the numbers are in order least to greatest

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The difference between the greatest value and the least value in a data set

Question 37

How does the outlier in the data set below effect the mean?

Accepted Answer

it decreases the mean

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it increases the mean

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it has no effect on the mean

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there is no outlier

Question 38

Where is the gap in the histogram?

Accepted Answer

15-19

Answer

0-4

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5-9

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10-14

Question 39

Where is the peak in the data shown?

Accepted Answer

0

Answer

1

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2

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3

Question 40

Which graph has line symmetry?

Accepted Answer

Option C is correct

Answer

A.

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B.

Answer

D.

Question 41

What is the range of the data below?

100, 42, 120, 42, 30

Accepted Answer

90

Answer

78

Answer

58

Answer

26

Question 42

What is the mode?

Accepted Answer

Number that occurs the most

Answer

The Average

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The difference between the highest and lowest values

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The Number in the middle

Question 43

What is the mean?

Accepted Answer

The Average

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The number that occurs the most

Answer

The number in the middle

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The difference between the highest and lowest values

Question 44

What is the median?

Accepted Answer

The number in the middle

Answer

The difference between the highest and lowest values

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The number that occurs the most

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The average

Question 45

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

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

13

Answer

12

Answer

11

Question 46

Find the mean of these numbers:

2, 57, 38, 42, 6

Accepted Answer

29

Answer

38

Answer

50

Answer

145

Question 47

How do you find the Interquartile Range?

Accepted Answer

subtract the 3rd quartile by the 1st quartile

Answer

divide the 3rd quartile by the 1st quartile

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subtract the biggest number by the smallest number

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divide the biggest number by the smallest number

Question 48

What is the outlier in this data set?

{23, 60, 30, 21, 25, 35, 29}

Accepted Answer

60

Answer

35

Answer

21

Answer

30

Question 49

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

Accepted Answer

66

Answer

193

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127

Answer

60

Question 50

What is the IQR?

Accepted Answer

5.5

Answer

4

Answer

4.5

Answer

6

Question 51

Which car club has the higher median?

Accepted Answer

Car Hops

Answer

Cruisers

Question 52

What data value is the upper quartile (Q3)?

Accepted Answer

64

Answer

62

Answer

66

Answer

58

Question 53

Which club has the smaller spread?

Accepted Answer

Car Hops

Answer

Cruisers

Question 54

75% of the Cruisers went to more than 13 car shows. True or False?

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 55

The double box plot shows the average monthly high temperatures for Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Accepted Answer

Las Vega temperatures show greater variability than Phoenix.

Answer

Phoenix temperatures show greater variability than Las Vegas.

Answer

Las Vegas temperatures are more consistently centered around the median.

Answer

Phoenix has a greater temperature range than Las Vegas.

Question 56

The double box plot below shows the number of car shows attended by two car clubs each year. Compare the centers and variations of the two populations.

Accepted Answer

The data for the Car Hops is more consistent.

Answer

The Cruisers' IQR is 5 greater than the Car Hops' IQR.

Answer

The Car Hops' IQR is 2 greater than the Cruisers' IQR.

Answer

The data for the Cruisers is more consistent.

Question 57

The double box plot below shows the results of a school survey about types of lunch purchased.

Accepted Answer

The a la carte data are centered around a higher value.

Answer

The a la carte data have less variation than full lunch.

Answer

The data for full lunch has a median of 180.

Answer

The data for a la carte lunches has an interquartile range of 240 students.

Question 58

The double box plot shows the number of Calories per serving for various fruits and vegetables.

Accepted Answer

The fruits have a higher number of calories with a greater variation.

Answer

The median for the fruit data is 125.

Answer

The median for the vegetable data is 75.

Answer

The vegetables have a higher number of calories with a greater variation.

Question 59

The double dot plot shows the gas mileage, in miles per gallon, for several cars and SUVs.

Accepted Answer

The cars have a greater gas mileage with a greater variation.

Answer

The cars have a greater gas mileage with a less variation.

Answer

SUVs have less gas mileage with greater variation.

Answer

SUVs are centered around a greater median.

Question 60

The double box plot shows the heights in inches for the players on two professional basketball teams.

Accepted Answer

While the median heights are about the same, the variation in heights is greater for the NJ Nets than the NY Knicks.

Answer

While the median heights are about the same, the variation in heights is greater for the NY Knicks than the NJ Nets.

Answer

The heights of the NJ Nets are more consistently centered around the median.

Answer

The heights of the NY Knicks are less consistently centered around the median.

Question 61

The double dot plot shows Kareem's and Martin's race times for a three-mile race.

Accepted Answer

Martin typically runs a faster race.

Answer

Kareem typically runs a faster race.

Answer

Martin's race times are more consistent.

Answer

Kareem's race times are less consistent.

Question 62

Ms. Andrey claims the average score on a quiz in her class was 25. Mr. Luna claims the average score on a quiz in his class is 25.

Accepted Answer

Ms. Andrey used the mode, while Mr. Luna used the median.

Answer

Ms. Andrey used the mean, while Mr. Luna used the mode.

Answer

Both teachers used the mean.

Answer

Both teachers used the median.

Question 63

Which measure might be misleading in describing the value of each item?

Accepted Answer

The mode, because it is significantly higher than the average.

Answer

The mean, which gives an average value for the items.

Answer

The mean, because of the outlier.

Answer

The mode, because it is lower than the average.

Question 64

The table that shows the miles of shoreline for five states.

Which statement is true?

Accepted Answer

The mean is misleading because the outlier skews the mean down.

Answer

The mode is misleading because it is in the center of the data points.

Answer

The median is misleading because it is in the center of the data.

Answer

The range is misleading because it is too large.

Measures of Center & Spread

77 questions

It's the number you get when you add all the numbers together and then divide by the amount of numbers you have.

It's the middle number in a set of data.

It's the number that occurs the most times in a set of data.

It is a measure of variability that you get when you subtract the smallest number in a set of data from the largest number.

Which measure of center should you use if there is an outlier in your data?

Which measure of center should you use if there are no outliers?

What is the median of the following set of data?

14, 21, 23, 25, 25

What is the mode of the following set of data?

14, 21, 23, 25, 25

Is there an outlier in the following set of data?

8, 45, 45, 47, 48, 48, 49, 50

Which measure of center should you use for the following data distribution?

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Measures of Center & Spread

77 questions

It's the number you get when you add all the numbers together and then divide by the amount of numbers you have.

It's the middle number in a set of data.

It's the number that occurs the most times in a set of data.

It is a measure of variability that you get when you subtract the smallest number in a set of data from the largest number.

Which measure of center should you use if there is an outlier in your data?

Which measure of center should you use if there are no outliers?

What is the median of the following set of data?14, 21, 23, 25, 25

What is the mode of the following set of data?14, 21, 23, 25, 25

Is there an outlier in the following set of data?8, 45, 45, 47, 48, 48, 49, 50

Which measure of center should you use for the following data distribution?

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What is the median of the following set of data?

14, 21, 23, 25, 25

What is the mode of the following set of data?

14, 21, 23, 25, 25

Is there an outlier in the following set of data?

8, 45, 45, 47, 48, 48, 49, 50