Measures of Spread and Center

Find the mean.
90, 100, 95, 85, 60, 80

• 85

• 84

• 86

• 90

Which histogram would have a larger standard deviation?

• Histogram A

• Histogram C

• They are about the same.

What is the standard deviation for the data given:
{12, 13, 29, 18, 61, 35, 21}

• 293.67

• 15.87

• 17.14

• 41.98

If the data set is approximately normal, what percent of people are within 1 standard deviation of the mean?

• 99.7

• 34

• 68

• 95

At a local high school, GPA's are normally distributed with a mean of 2.9 and standard deviation of 0.6. What percentage of students at the high school have a GPA between 2.3 and 3.5?

• 68%

• 99.7%

• 95%

• 84%

Which interval shows 95% of the data given a mean of 15 and a standard deviation of 3?

• 9 to 21

• 12 to 18

• 6 to 24

• 13 to 16

Which interval shows 68% of the data given a mean of 15 and a standard deviation of 3? 

• 9 to 21

• 12 to 18

• 6 to 24

• 13 to 16

Adam's Z-score on a test is +2.5.  What does this mean?

• He'd better start studying.

• He did better than EVERYONE.

• He scored 2.5 standard deviations above the average.

• He did terrible.

If Gonzalo's score is 87, the class average is 82, and the SD is 4, how many standard deviations is he above the mean?

• -1.25

• +1.25

• +1.20

• +1.02

The mean age of sales people in ABC Dept. Store is 30 years with a standard deviation of 6 years.  Between which two age limits must at least 75% of the data lie?

• 24 - 36 years

• 18 - 42 years

• 12 - 48 years

• 6 - 54 years