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Measures of Central Tendency, MAD, and Box and Whiskers

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The number of pages that Carolyn 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
2.
What is the mode?
a)
The value that occurs the most often in a data set
b)
The middle number in an ordered set of data
c)
The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size
d)
The sum of the between the greatest and the least elements, divided by two
3.
A data set can have more than one _______
a)
Median
b)
Mode
c)
Mean
d)
Midrange
4.

What is the mode?

4 , 8 , 5 , 17 , 5 , 4 , 9 , 5 , 6 , 82

a)

4

b)

9

c)

6

d)

5

5.

Which is the MIDDLE of an ordered set of data?

a)

Mean

b)

Median

c)

Mode

d)

Range

6.

Which is a synonym for "average?"

a)

mean

b)

median

c)

mode

d)

range

7.
If you score 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests, what would your median score be? 
a)
84
b)
90
c)
85
d)
88
8.
Find the mean of these numbers:
5, 11, 2, 12, 4, 2
a)
4.1
b)
6
c)
4.5
d)
4
9.
a)

spread

b)

mean

c)

outlier

d)

median

10.
What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?
a)
Pick your favorite number
b)
Add the two numbers in the middle & then divide by two.
c)
They are both the median
d)
None of the above
11.

What measure of central tendency (mean, median or mode) would be best for the following set of data?

0, 89, 92, 97, 99, 100

a)

Mode, because it is the one that shows up the most.

b)

Median, because there is an outlier. The outlier would influence the mean too much.

c)

Mean, because you should always use the mean.

d)

There is not a best measure of central tendency for this data.

12.

This distribution is ​ (a)   so we should use the ​ (b)   as a measure of center and the ​ (c)   as a measure of variability.

Choose from the below words
fairly symmetric
mean
standard deviation
left skewed
range
mode
median
IQR
right skewed
13.

Dr. Dre is a dentist. He needs to report on the average (Mean) number of cavities that his patients have.

1, 0, 1, 5, 0, 3, 4. What is the average number of cavities?

a)

14

b)

2

c)

7

d)

1

14.

Find the median of this data set: 3, 7, 9, 6, 12.

a)

6

b)

7

c)

9

d)

12

15.

Which of the following sets of numbers has a mode of 5?

a)

1, 2, 5, 5, 7, 8

b)

3, 4, 5, 6, 7

c)

5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7

d)

2, 3, 4, 5, 6

16.
What is the median?
a)
62
b)
58
c)
66
d)
60
17.
What is the term for the median of the lower half of the data?
a)
Lower Quartile
b)
Upper Quartile
c)
Median
d)
Maximum
18.
The mode score on the 6th grade math test was 94! Which of these interpretations must be correct?
a)
99 was the highest score on the test.
b)
More students received a 94 than any other score
c)
No student scored below a 50
d)
A score of 91 was slightly below average.
19.
A data set can have more than one _______
a)
Median
b)
Mode
c)
Mean
d)
Midrange
20.

True or False: The mean, median, and mode must all be equal to each other for all sample data sets.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or False: It is possible to not have a mode for a sample data set.

a)

True

b)

False