Box-Whisker Plot, Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Outlier

If you identify the value that occurs most frequently in a data set, you have calculated the ____ of the data set.

• mean

• median

• mode

• mean absolute deviation

If you calculate the difference between the highest and lowest value in a data set, you have calculated the ____ of the data set.

• range

• median

• mode

• mean absolute deviation

When one value in a data set is far away from the others, we call this value...

• an outlier

• a leftie

• an infielder

• an outfielder

Check ALL the Measures of Center (numbers in the middle of a data set)

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

• mean absolute deviation

Before you can calculate the first or third quartiles, you must calculate the...

• interquartile range

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

Check ALL the Measures of Variation (how different the values are from each other)

• mean

• median

• interquartile range

• range

• mean absolute deviation

The sum of all the items divided by the number of items in the set

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Which test has the greater Interquartile Range?

• Test 1

• Test 2

• They are the same

Which conclusion is accurate using the box-and-whisker plot?

• New York is usually warmer, but is less consistent

• San Antonio is usually warmer, but Seattle has more consistent temperatures

• Seattle is usually warmer and more consistent

• Seattle is usually warmer than New York, but New York is more consistent

The middle value when the data are in numerical order

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range