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Measures of Dispersion

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 25mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not a measure of dispersion?

a)

range

b)

variance

c)

standard deviation

d)

mode

2.

The heights of some students are given.

158cm 172cm 164cm

164cm 167cm 159cm

What is the range of the heights?

a)

13cm

b)

14cm

c)

164cm

d)

330cm

3.

Find the interquartile range of the data:

20, 22, 25, 29, 31

a)

30

b)

21

c)

25

d)

9

4.

The number of pages that Mikayla wrote in her journal each day from Monday to Friday is shown below:

9, 8, 12, 6, 10

What is the mean number of pages she wrote per day?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

9

d)

11

5.

The number of miles that Jenna cycled each week for a 8-week period is shown:

38, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31, 25

What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?

a)

36

b)

39

c)

37

d)

52

6.

It is defined as the square root of the variance.

a)

coefficient of variation

b)

midrange

c)

standard deviation

d)

kurtosis

7.

Which of the measures of dispersion only uses two values in the distribution?

a)

range

b)

standard deviation

c)

variance

d)

mean deviation

8.

Find the standard deviation for the following data; 86, 95, 78, 67, and 85.

a)

82.2

b)

5

c)

9.33

d)

10.43

9.
If the variance of a data set is 30.25, what is the standard deviation?
a)
5.5
b)
15.125
c)
60.5
d)
915.0625