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MGSE6.SP.2 Understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a
distribution which can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape.
4. The data display below represents the ages of Women and Men at Bingo Night.
Ages of Players at Bingo Night
Women
Me
72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88
Write a paragraph to describe what is represented in the data display.
90
You must use at least 3 of the following vocabulary words: center, spread, median, variation. Be sure to
underline the words used.
5. Data can have a variety of shapes. In a data set that is skewed, most of the data lies to one side or the other
side of the mean, rather than in the middle with the mean. Identify which type of data distribution is shown.
Bowling Scores
120 98 125 111 117
106 101 118 90 123
124 96 103 115 127
If she makes a histogram with intervals of 90-99, 100-109, 110-119, and 120-129, what is the height of the bar
for the interval 120-129?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 5
11. Brandon recorded the weights in pounds of the fish caught while fishing with his uncle. His data is shown
below.
27, 34, 19, 8, 15, 32, 20, 24, 36, 30, 17
Make a dot plot to display the data.
12. Jordan’s test scores are 85, 90, 89. What does he need to score on his next test for his average to be a 90?
13. Adam recorded the number of flower blooms on each of his ten rose bushes.
9, 10, 4, 12, 15, 17, 18, 10, 12, 13
If he combined the number of blooms into one data set, which box plot correctly displays the data?
What is the median of the data set?
What percent of the data is ABOVE the median?
a) c)
b) d)
25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
14. What is the maximum value in the data set in the following data set?
15. What is the median of the data set?
16. What percent of the data is below 40?
MGSE6.SP.5a Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context, such as by…reporting the
number of observations.
17. Create a Stem-and-Leaf plot to represent the ages of people at the Senior Citizen Dance.
Data: 70, 92, 54, 64, 57, 81, 94, 67, 68, 57, 62
MGSE6.SP.5b Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context, such as by…describing the
nature of the attribute under investigation, including how it was measured and its units of
measurement.
18. The owner of an independent music store monitored CD sales over a period of day. The histogram shows the
results.
19. Find the mean, median, and mode of the data represented in the dot plot.
20. (Math 67) The mean absolute deviation (MAD) of the data below is 6.4.
24, 19, 16, 33, 33
How much greater than the MAD is the interquartile range of the data?
a) 9.1 b) 11.1 c) 17.6 d) 26.6
21. The heights in inches of seven baseball players are listed below.
73, 74, 79, 88, 76, 84, 83
What is the interquartile range of the heights?
a) 10 b) 80 c) 15 d) 11
22. Explain which of the following points represents a striking deviation in the box plot above.
23. Ashley saved money every month last year. The table below shows how much money she saved each month.
Dollars Saved
Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Money Saved
96 38 162 65 178 112 57 143 135 104 88 22
(in dollars)
25. Examine the box-and-whisker plot below, which shows the length of fish (in centimeters) that were caught
one afternoon by a group of campers. Which statement about the data in the graph is true?