Comparative Inferences

Which city has a higher median?

• Millersburg
• Arcadia
• They are the same

Which inference about the two populations is true

• Both sets of data have the same interquartile range
• Both sets of data have the same median
• Ander's data centers areound 6 and Marcus's data centers around 7
• The interquartile range for Ander's data is .5 greater than the interquartile range for Marcus's data

What is the difference between the medians?

• 16
• 12
• 8
• 4

Which has a larger IQR?

• Zach
• Steven
• They have the same IQR

Which has a Median of 1?

• Zach 
• Steven 
• They both have a median on 1

If I want to make sure I have data in the top 50% of plot A, I should make sure to pick a number greater than what amount?

• 14
• 30
• 18
• 22

If plot B has 60 numbers in it, about how many are in the box?

• 15
• 30
• 60
• 120

Which is NOT ture?

• The spreads of the low temperatures for Reybold and Picktown are not the same
• Neither box plot is symmetrical
• The median low temeratures for Reybold and Picktown are different
• The lower extreme for Picktown is approximately 5 degrees lower than the lower extreme for Reybold

A local recreation center offers a drop-in exercise class in the morning and in the evening. The attendance data for each class over the first month is shown in the box plots at the right. What can you infer about the class attendance?

• More people prefer to drop in the evening class than to the morning class.

• More people prefer to drop in the morning class than to the evening class.

• There are equal amounts of people that prefer the morning and evening class.

• The box plot does not give enough information to answer this question.

Make comparative inferences about the flowers in the two gardens.

• The flowers in Garden Z are taller than the flowers in Garden Y.

• The box plots do not allow for inferences to be made about the flowers.

• The flowers in Garden Y are generally taller than flowers in Garden Z.

• The flowers are the same height in both gardens.