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Math 1 Unit 9 Describing Data

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If there is an outlier or the data is skewed left/right, the best measure of center to represent the data set is...

a)

Mean

b)

Median

2.

If there is no outlier and the data is not skewed left/right (the data is symmetric), the best measure of center to describe the data set is...

a)

Mean

b)

Median

3.

Is the data in the histogram symmetric, skewed left, or skewed right?

a)

Skewed left

b)

Skewed right

c)

Symmetric

d)

All of the above

4.

Is the data in the histogram symmetric, skewed left, or skewed right?

a)

Symmetric

b)

Skewed left

c)

Skewed right

d)

All of the above

5.

The following data set represents the minutes spent on Tik Tok during class of students at Monster High School: 20, 25, 15, 30, 14, 16, 36, 28, 31, 17, 90.

Is the data symmetric, skewed left, or skewed right?

a)

Symmetric

b)

Skewed Left

c)

Skewed right

d)

All of the above

6.

The following data set represents the ages of some students in Ms. Schneider's Math 1 class: 14, 15, 14, 14, 15, 13, 15, 14, 14, 15.

Is the data symmetric, skewed left, or skewed right?

a)

Skewed right

b)

Symmetric

c)

Skewed left

d)

All of the above

7.

The following numbers represent the ages of people in an elementary school library: 5, 9, 7, 9, 10, 6, 8, 60

Which measure of center would best represent the data set?

a)

mean: there is no outlier

b)

median: there is no outlier

c)

mean: there is an outlier

d)

median: there is an outlier

8.

The following numbers represent the ages of people in an elementary school library: 5, 9, 7, 9, 10, 6, 8, 60

What is the outlier of the data set?

a)

60 years old

b)

9 years old

c)

5 years old

d)

There is no outlier

9.

This histogram shows the distribution of exam scores from a Math 1 EOC. Which measure of center would best represent the data?

a)

Mean: the data is not skewed

b)

Median: the data is skewed left

c)

Median: the data is skewed right

d)

Median: the data is not skewed

10.

The histogram shows the distribution of weight in pounds of how much people at a gym can bench press. Which measure of center would best describe the data?

a)

Mean: the data is skewed right

b)

Median: the data is skewed left

c)

Median: the data is skewed right

d)

Mean: the data is skewed left

11.

The following data set represents the number of hours Ms. Schneider spends listening to Taylor Swift over the course of 8 weeks: 3, 2, 3.5, 1.5, 2.25, 4, 3.75, 1.85

Which measure of center would best represent the data set?

a)

Mean: there is no outlier

b)

Mean: there is an outlier

c)

Median: there is no outlier

d)

Median: there is an outlier

12.

Which measure of center would best represent the histogram?

a)

Median: the data is symmetric

b)

Median: the data is skewed right

c)

Mean: the data is skewed right

d)

Mean: the data is symmetric