Name: Algebra

October 29, 2013 Mrs. Segal

Quiz 2: One Variable Statistics

Consider the following data set of 7 data points for the expected high temperature for this coming week. 53 61 66 70 67 60 57 Please put the data in numerical order Mean Median First Quartile Second Quartile Third Quartile Range Interquartile Range

Please draw a dot plot of this data

Please draw a box and whisker plot of this data

Lets say that one day this week gets really cold (High of 0 degrees). The new 8 temperatures are listed below. 53 Calculate the new mean and median. 61 66 70 67 Which would be a better representative data point for the temperature this week, the mean or the median? 60 Please explain your answer. 57 0

Name: Algebra

October 29, 2013 Mrs. Segal

Quiz 2: One Variable Statistics

Consider the following two box plots. They show the average temperature for each month in two different US cities. Look at the box plots carefully as the scale (the numbers along the left) are different for each city. City A City B

In which city would you rather live? In your response please reference some of the statistical values that you can find from the box plot for each city and use them to support your choice. Please do not simply list statistical values use the values to support your choice.

Can you guess which cities they are? OVS.C.1 OVS.C.2 Proficiency OVS.P.1 Indicators OVS.P.2 OVS.A.1 Advanced Targets OVS.A.2 Core Skills I can calculate the mean of a given data set I can accurately draw a dot plot of a given data set I can calculate the three quartiles and the interquartile range of a data set I can accurately draw a box plot of a given data set I can accurately interpret a data set represented in a graph (dot plot or box plot) I can select and explain my selection for the best measure of central tendency to represent a set of data