Comparing Dot Plots HW 5

Use the two dot plots showing the number of TVs per household for Mrs. Jamison’s class and Mr. Zimmerman’s class. What is the median number of TVs in Mrs. Jamison’s class?

• 1 TV

• 2 TVs

• 3 TVs

• 4 TVs

Use the two dot plots showing the number of TVs per household for Mrs. Jamison’s class and Mr. Zimmerman’s class. What is the median number of TVs in Mr. Zimmerman’s class?

• 2 TVs

• 3 TVs

• 4 TVs

• 5 TVs

The mean absolute deviation of Mrs. Jamison’s class is 0.24. What does this mean?

• The data is very close to the center.

• The data is very far from the center.

The mean absolute deviation of Mr. Zimmerman’s class is 0.46. What does this mean?

• The data from Mr. Zimmerman's class is slightly more spread out than Mrs. Jamison's.

• The data from Mrs. Jamison's class is slightly more spread out than Mr. Zimmerman's.

Mark this statement as true or false: The range of the number of TVs per household in Mrs. Jamison’s class is less than the range of the number of TVs per household in Mr. Zimmerman’s class.

• True

• False

Mark this statement as true or false: The median number of TVs per household is equal in both Mrs. Jamison’s class and Mr. Zimmerman’s class.

• True

• False

Mark this statement as true or false: The number of TVs per household with the highest frequency for both Mrs. Jamison’s class and Mr. Zimmerman’s class is 3.

• True

• False

When Asher looks at the data, he says that both Mrs. Jamison’s class and Mr. Zimmerman’s class have data that are skewed right. Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?

• I fully agree. The data is skewed right.

• I disagree. Both are symmetrical.

• I partially agree. Mrs. Jamison's class is skewed right, whole Mr. Zimmerman's is more symmetric.