WorksheetsProb & Stat - Unit 1 Review
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 3hrs 40mins
Which would you use as best center of measure?
Mean
Median
Would you use the mean or median to represent the data?
Median
Mean
Not enough information to tell
Compare the median and mean.
mean > median
mean < median
mean = median
Not enough information
Is mean or median greater?
Median > Mean
Median < Mean
Median = Mean
Not enough information to tell
Compare the mean and median in this distribution
Mean = median
Mean < Median
Mean > Median
What measure of center do we use for skewed data?
What measure of center do we use for symmetric or approximately symmetric distributions?
The median number of purchases at Harold's shoe store in a day is 32. How would you interpret this data?
The average number of purchases is 32.
About 50% of the purchases at Harold's shoe store is less than 32.
About 75% of the purchases at Harold's shoe store is less than 32.
The mean number of purchases at Harold's shoe store in a day is mean is 50. How would you interpret this data?
The average number of purchases in a day is 50.
About 50% of the number of purchases in the shoe store in a day is less than 50.
About 25% of the number of purchases are above 50.
A small accounting firm has 4 accountants who each earn a different salary between $50,000 and $60,000. For extra help during tax season, they hire a 5th accountant who earns $15,000. How will hiring a 5th accountant affect the median?
Both mean and median will decrease, but the median will decrease by more than the mean.
Both the mean and median will decrease, but the mean will decrease by more than the median.
The mean will decrease, and the median will increase
The mean will increase, and the median will decrease.
A small accounting firm has 4 accountants who each earn a different salary between $50,000 and $60,000. The supervisor adds her salary of $75,000 to the data. How will adding the supervisor's salary affect the mean and median?
Both mean and median will decrease, but the median will decrease by more than the mean.
Both the mean and median will decrease, but the mean will decrease by more than the median.
Both mean and median will increase, but the median will increase by more than the mean.
Both the mean and median will increase, but the mean will increase by more than the median.
Kayla owns her own boutique in Baltimore, MD. She employs 5 people who make between $30,000 and $50,000 per year. Kayla's salary is $98,000. She decides to leave the company and keep the other 5 salaries the same. How will removing Kayla's salary from the data set affect the mean and median?
The mean will decrease and the median will increase.
The median will decrease and the mean will increase.
Both the mean and median will decrease but the median will decrease more than the mean.
Both the mean and median will decrease, but the mean will decrease more than the median.
2, 57, 38, 42, 6
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?
23, 34, 27, 7, 30, 26, 28, 31, 34
What is the first thing you should do before finding the median or the mode?
Start crossing numbers off
Put numbers in order from least to greatest
List the numbers how they are
Look for repeats
36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31
What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?
Find the upper quartile (Q3). (Hint... put the numbers in order and find the median to help you find Q3)
7
Find the IQR (Q3 - Q1) of the data
20, 22, 25, 29, 31
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
What is the best description of the data for Mr. Carson's class?
A total of 25% of the students had 70 or more coins in their piggy banks.
A total of 75% of the students had 25 or more coins in their piggy bank.
A total of 25% of the students had 50 or less coins in their piggy bank.
A total of 75% of the students had 60 or less coins in their piggy banks.
5,11,2,12,4,2
7
36
18
25
63
56
53
43
43
57
41
59
95
5
57
3
31
42
22
20
23, 34, 27, 7, 30, 26, 28, 31, 34
What is the shape of the dot plot shown?
skewed left
skewed right
symmetrical
How many total students were surveyed about their number of brothers and sisters? (add up all of the dots)
15
10
6
What is the spread of the data?
2
1
4
12
While doing a project for P. E. class, Ling researched the number of athletes competing in an international sporting event.
How many countries have exactly 32 athletes?
4
3
6
1
How does the median number of miles driven for Driver A compare to the median number of miles driven for Driver B?
Driver B drives much less than Driver A when comparing medians.
The medians are the same
Driver A drives much less than Driver B when comparing medians.
Driver A and Driver B make the same amount of money.
