Choosing Best Measure of Center or Variability

Choosing Best Measure of Center or Variability

6th Grade

20 Qs

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Choosing Best Measure of Center or Variability

Choosing Best Measure of Center or Variability

Assessment

Quiz

Mathematics

6th Grade

Hard

Created by

Anthony Clark

FREE Resource

20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The data set below has an outlier of 42.
2, 5, 12, 15, 19, 4, 6, 11, 16, 18, 12, 12, 42
What effect does removing the outlier have on the distribution of the data?

The mean will decrease

The median will decrease

The mean will increase

The median will increase

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Find the mode:
5, 0, 9, 9, 3, 0, 5, 5, 4

9

5

3

7

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Find the median:
5, 6, 3, 9, 0, 4, 1, 2, 7

4

4.1

5

4.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which measure of center best represents this set of data?
12, 13, 11, 16, 31, 14, 10, 15

Mean

median

mode

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The best description of the data is ​ (a)   . ​ ​ The most appropriate measure of center is the​ (b)   . The most appropriate measure of variability is the ​ (c)   .

range

mean

IQR

median

skewed right

symmetric

symmetric with an outlier

skewed left

6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The best description of the data is ​ (a)   . ​ ​ The most appropriate measure of center is the​ (b)   . The most appropriate measure of variability is the ​ (c)   .

range

mean

IQR

median

skewed right

symmetric

symmetric with an outlier

skewed left

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Harley surveyed his classmates about how many siblings they have and got the following data: 0, 1, 3, 5, 4, 2, 2, 9, 1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3  Which  measure is best measure of center of the data?

Mean

Median

Mode

Range

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