Statistics and Data

Categorize the following data as categorical, ordinal, discrete, or continuous:

• Categorical

• Ordinal

• Discrete

• Continuous

Categorize the following data as categorical, ordinal, discrete, or continuous:

• Categorical

• Ordinal

• Discrete

• Continuous

Categorize the following data as categorical, ordinal, discrete, or continuous:

• Categorical

• Ordinal

• Discrete

• Continuous

Categorize the following data as categorical, ordinal, discrete, or continuous:

• Categorical

• Ordinal

• Discrete

• Continuous

A store sells loaves of bread. The table below shows the number of loaves of bread sold each day for a week. What is the difference between the mean and median number of loaves of bread sold?

• 8

• 12

• 19

• 25

Eat-A-Lot Cereal Company has a machine that records and graphs the weight (in grams) of packages as they leave the assembly line.  Below is a dot plot of some weights of packages.  Which set of data correctly matches this dot plot?

• 16.03, 16.01, 15.99, 16.07, 16.02, 16.02, 16.08, 16.00, 15.95, 16.02, 15.99

• 16.04, 16.01, 15.98, 16.07, 16.03, 16.02, 16.09, 16.00, 15.96, 16.02, 16.00

• 16.02, 16.01, 15.98, 16.07, 16.01, 16.02, 16.07, 16.00, 15.94, 16.02, 15.98

• 16.03, 16.00, 15.99, 16.06, 16.02, 16.01, 16.08, 15.99, 15.95, 16.01, 15.99

The bar graph below shows the number of points scored by 4 students in a game.  What was the mean (average) number of points each student scored?

• 5

• 6

• 7 1/4

• 7 1/2

What was the highest score on the math test?

• 53

• 79

• 97

• 90

What is the median of the number set?  58, 21, 74, 63, 21

• 21

• 47

• 58

• 74