Name: —fawer Hy ——_ Statistics -Biased V5. Unbiased Samples Masks its listeners to indicate their for one of two candidates in an ‘upcoming election, Seventy-two percent of the listeners who responded preferred candidate A, so the radio station announced that eandidate A would ‘win the election. Is the conclusion valid? Explain. Not vald, Alot everyone listens bo that Station at would call ta. ‘A movie company is surveying students about their favorite tyne of movig. Which of the following is the population? eR all studsnts who goto the movies 2" teenagers waiting on line atthe movie theater Samplt § @* &* =® 100 names randomly selected from the phone book tay aot get sludeata Beople leaving a movie theater v0 > = There are $00 students in Andrew's school, Andrew Wants to survey aGample of student3\0 determine the most popular sampling, method is the best fo use to predict the most popular school subject? w Randomly select $0 students from the list of $00 Randomly select 10 students having lunch in the cafeteria Select the first 50 girls entering the auditorium for anassembly = Select the first 25 students leaving the building after school hale school. > RRO® Which of the following samples will be representative of anentie student popul + Surveying every fifth seventh-grader who enters the library Surveying every ith student who enters the library, Surveying every fifth student who enters the school A X@k* Surveying every fifth git] who enters the school B c ® Date: Class: Pre-algebra Topic 10 Sheet #1 The junior high school principal designed a survey to ‘ut which new foodeSTadenpS would buy in the cafeteria. Which method of sampling will help the Principal make a valid decision about wi foods to add to the lunch menu? — Give the survey to every student in the eighth grade. Give the survey to every student taking a science class after lunch, Give the survey to every student who walks or rides a bicycle to school Give the survey to every thied student entering the building in the morning. Brandon wants to conduet a survey as to whether ‘mushroom should be added to the pizzas sold in the school eafeteria. Which sampling method will offer Brandon the best results? Interview every vegetarian student Interview every student ata pizza parlor Interview every student who brings lunch from home Interview every student who eats lunch in the eafet Karen surveyed students in one middle school about their favorite band. Of the 1,156 students in the middle school, 65 Gixth-grade students,were surveyed. More ‘than half of the 65 students said their favorite band is Rhonda and the Gees. Based on the survey, Karen says most middle shoal students vote band is Rhonda and the Gees. Why is Karen's survey incorrect? Karen surveyed too many students, Karen's survey sample was too small, Karen did not survey any high school students Karen did not include enough bands in the survey Morgan surveyed all the members of her softball team. about their favorite sport. From these results, Morgan. concluded that softball was the favorite among all her classmates. Which is the best explanation for why her conclusion might nor be valid? ‘The softball team meets only on weekdays. She should have asked only people who do not play sports. ‘The survey should have been done daily for a week. ‘The sample was not representative of all of her classmates.A reporter for a teen magazine surveys teenager 9 Jeaving blot Shots clothing store to determine which brand of clothing teens like best. Which statement best explains why the results of this survey may not be valid? The survey should have been conducted online, ‘The group survey consisted only of teenagers. ‘The survey was conducted by a reporter from only one magazine. ‘The group surveyed consisted only of teenagers who shopped at the same store. @ore 19 Timone conducts a survey to find out what kind of beverage adults in his town prefer. Sample: 20 adults ata coffee shop Question: What is your favorite beverage? Claim: Coffee is the most popular beverage among adults in Timone’s town. Determine whether the claim is valid, Explain, ee If yware a O Number of Aduts Tea Jose Cafes Water ‘Type of Beverage Zach is trying to decide which of three golf courses is AL the best. He randomly surveyed 25 people at a sports store and recorded the results in the table. Is the sample method valid? If'so, suppose Zach surveyed 150 people. How many people would be expected t0 ‘vote for Rolling Meadows? Val Not biased uses Course Number Whisperngiat 10 ny Course Tall Pines 8 a= | oe ae Answer ‘A high school has 1,500 students. In a random 12 sample of 50 students, 32 own one or more pets. Predict the number of students atthe high school who own one or more Pets: goqple “Populdhin A 480 ree atte 38 ZX © 9 “Thal 50% \sv0 2 5ox= 48000 x= M0 Other wv Paige asked 30 random students in her school if they 13 se the Internet to help with homework, Of these students, 18 students said they do use the Internet t0 help with homework. Based on the results ofthis survey, how many of the 480 total students in Paige's school could she predict use the Internet to help with homework? A 144 B 230 © 288 Bx: 4B B640 D 320 x=188 You ask 125 randomly chosen students to name their 14 favorite food. There are 1500 students in the school. Predict the numberof students inthe school whose favorite food is pizza : Ropulahor Favorite Food toe OP Pizza sp Pace 58 Sey Hamburger | 36 | ‘tal ws “91s ae aa 125x= 8t000 razesel ‘A guidance counselor surveys a random sample of 60 15 out of 900 high school students. Using the survey results, the counselor predicts that approximately 720 students plan to attend college. Do you agree with her Sample prediction? Exlan Populcton oe Sal jest. >S 505 U disagree, She Said 20 bat ets only 675 A factory produces 42,000 computer monitors per day. 16 The manager of the factory claims that fewer than 660 defective computer monitors are produced each day. In. random sample of 240 computer monitor, there are 2 defective computer monitors. Determine whether the ‘manager's claim i likely to be true. Explain, Sansle—Popalahon ae Ser eters ‘suey X=6TS. Results Toul = 2402 000 y= $50 ; His liely he w bells the truth Be f ont sampk, only 350 monites shoul defeebve and that 15 Fener than G60.Name: Statistics -Data Display and Misleading Graphs ‘The graph below shows a restaurant's profit each year for 5 years. YEARLY PROFITS 480000 om iis ral al & e000 f 3 HAS 3 tenon ‘eo é 50,000 {i lI Which year had the greatest increase in profit from the year before? A 2003 FHame C 2005 f200,000 B_ 2004 +8 yy 2006 4 100,000 2, Emma surveyed kids in her neighborhood between the ages of 14 and 16 to find out how many of them had jobs. She displayed the results as a double-bar graph. How many 15-year-olds did Emma survey? lk Leo Cer gi {zo} ‘Two hundred students at Howard High Schoo! were asked how satisfied they are with the school lunches. The circle graph shows their responses. 3 Use the graph to predict how many of the 1,780 students who attend Howard High are very satisfied or mostly satisfied with the school lunches, wo ass Sample —fopltton Very of tlost "eskeb 6 Total 100 "S60 x= ist ohdeals 4 Class: Pre-Algebra Sheet #2 ‘The graph shows the number of calendars sold for a fundraiser by two students Calendar Sales Calendars Sold Week Which quantity cannot be found on the graph? A eusaune # amber of taents total number of calendars sold by each student V which student sold the most calendars each week ¥ i trees we don't! Kacw total money raised by each student aug ta ae the week with the greatest total number of calendars sold by the two students 7 The table below GYMNASTICS CLASS shows the grade Tevel of 100 students Gente | Memeetcl ‘who took gymnastics classes last summer. d = Which bar graph 6 2 displays this data 7 7 correctly? 7 i GvnnaSmis stupents vindsnics stuoents ] % eusa3a8 ae x S| [24) |x) comin! eee : B : Bly mE Haga6 SS vustify Conclusions Each ofthe graphs below shows the distance Romerio travels on his bike, Romerio wants to impress his friends with the distance he travels, Whieh graph should he show his friends? Explain, ‘apna a” **| Tost Graph A be it Lats {ite bus increaong mote, The bar graph shows the average number of hours each week that a group of students attend an extracurricular activity after school. Which statement best tells why the graph may be misleading? The graphs below show the same data Part A Match each graph with the conclusion it leads to. ‘Conclusion A: Rent has increased dramatically Conclusion B: Rent has remained fairly stable Conclusion: _A Part B. 3 Reason Inductively 1f you were the landlord, which graph would you show potential tenants to try to influence their decision to rent the apartment? Explain. Graph ble shnasthel the rent ches act lneces, + Graph A could be gore! — A show sae 5 mccecang a ft bad neighbehad ‘The graph below shows the results ofa survey 10 10 determine students’ favorite pets. Why is the graph misleading? i Extracurricular Activities J Spent on ener Hey i — every 2 eh he pee ws Peer? it wet ‘s Name ‘A. The vertical scale should show days instead of hours. B The graph does not show the number of hours each person attended. © The intervals onthe vertal scale are inconsistent. D The graph’stt is misleading ‘The graph suggests that Cy Young had three times as 8 many wins as Jim Galvin, Is this a valid conclusion? Explai tstcacervinsbyarier — Cy.» back $0 Simms sn abt 39 fo Me, © arte we svn fot beige! Not vahd. Weak fron O-b 35 Yun 350 by 400 20 40 a0 fen 0 We $0 dot Consistent. vecheal secle is lacensislent [antsy 1 then by Type of Pet To determine how often his students are tardy, Mr, 11 Kessler considered the attendance record for his first petiod clas. Why is this graph misleading? Tardy to Clase z " Intervals aot a Consistent g r Q-10_as"atts Ik ig Sats, Number of Times TardyNam loswee Muy Statistics - Measures of Central Tendency Date: Class: Pre-algebra Ms. Scarpati recorded the math test scores of 1 Thechart below shows Pablo's scores on chapter | tests given to him by Mrs. Lu | 4 six students in the table below. | Determine each statistical measure of the Pablo's Chapter Test Scores { original data set. ] Mean: __ 88 | 72,48, 80] 80, 85, 93 : | Student Median; BF I | sudent | Seer : Mean:'%_81 Andrew | 72 mode: Nofilole | * | om [20 : | Median: _ 80 George | 85 ‘Amber [88 84+86+ 84 + 90093 . Hy 28 y | Mode: _ 80 aD 5 s mer Roberto | + 80 2 Amy made this line plot showing the lengths that 186-6 tial apa a in a standing long-jump 15 _ The scores Emily received on her math tests were competition: 15129 = 28S as follows: a oe 80, 90, 85, 100, 100, 84 x 8064) ,]40 100 +++ Rath (@) Determine each 1B), yeasure Bkv BBN ND Jump Length QSt90 gps Mean: & 90 ‘imine as 95+ 243) 42842 943102) 43203 Median: BGS eh $04 84t55490 4 oor ws Mode: {00 Mean: _ 29 10 — 6 = 106; Motul ite $0 = 99 First Quartile: _ 84 (ee Third Quartile: _ [00 Mode: _24 (b) Why might it be misleading for Emily to say that most of 43, The pictograph below shows the number of the time she receives a score of 100? popcorn bags sold by students during a fundraiser. She conkised mock. (hough io oeues moe Tiumber of Popeom Bags Sold ow (Prana aT thon the otkee seoves occured’ it's aot what Me ij ae She Gek Most of the Ems. Median: 4.5 wis 6 et Pale | -d a 75, 90, and 80 on the first three ». What must she receive on the last exam in Mode: fone on onan bande f vs RAD ETE nll | order to have a test average of 85? Justify your iy Ay A A Oa 7 fj zene = ASHoHoIK = 85 HStx= Ho Soya? # Z [oes 4 gs Rees: MS +X & istasA furniture store 7a fae Sa Pees advertises that the cost ofa sofa in their store Sse Cost averages around $1290, ate $1.00 Explain why this is weenne $1400 misleading, DWV assembly $350 sicvonal 44600 rmerofoer $1400 1280 15 Tooee than mast obhee Beate’ (uthecof | 350 pulls eae BELOW ceatec. ‘The table shows the g Tm ik ater Canter Wali | heights of roller Conster | Holt) coasters at a local Vor 0 theme park, ensue 8 fos 8 a pte 6 Part A Which statistical measure would best represent | the heights of the roller coasters? Mean Median Mode Mean Absolute Deviation 8 Part B Justify your answer to part a. thee of 365 will mate aieon ho high. Palle’ ABove cooler. The table shows 3 zi 9 the prices of items = = ata local Se, fh Sandi) $445 aicen Sandwich $4.35 Caren Saat | $390 Part A Which statistical measure would best represent the prices of items at this restaurant. © Mean B Median © Mode D__ Mean Absolute Deviation Part B Justify your answer to part a. No gutlee so mean Shull be neac Hu centee. Part A: The values of 11 houses on Washington Street are shown in the table. Find the mean, median, and mode of the data, 10 Value per | Number Mean: 225,000 House | ot Houses oe si7sm00 | § a5 5055 COGS 70 Part B Refer to your box plot. Half ofthe drivers were ra driving faster than what speed? a Answer_25__ mph 3 90 3 was 5055 6065 70 Ma Q @ Os wax + Part C Compare the length of the left hand of the box plot to © the length of the right hand of the box plot and explain what the a lengths mean, Light side mecrs te hichee Speeds > Ee cpemluat | 25 b fos IF 3 30-35 40 45 5055 oo 65 70 -hoce note speed oak Range as on 40 8 During the last 15 years of his baseball career, Range 19 -b 255 6 5 Palma hit the following number of home runs ‘each season. % 20-95 00 a5 5055 wD OS 7D Ahmed recorded the number of math problems he | _g_-11, 19,60) 22, 24, 32,62)33, 35, 36, © 38, 40, 40; 7 Gid for homework each day. His data is shown ra @) © oe ne below. Use the data toanswer parts A & B. nest i a cae as] oo fs nfs 40 se Fart A Detocine tho 5 unm earenary fr ‘he 256 29 if = Part A: What is the upper quartile? H Mia 8 Q,= 36 © 4 c 40 Q,= 20 Max 40 B35 D 32 x= 32 Part B: Which box-and-whisker plot shows the data? Part B Using an appropriate scale on the number line Hn HH Max below, construct a box-and-whisker plot for the data. 2. | 10 1 9035 90 98 wo aS 50S — a} HE Boo 0 » 4 Denbweoons What is the range? What does it represent? =o. -Nw Ko Mox-Mre 32, the speadof Aut Hits. errr 49 -@ | What is the IQR? What does it represent? al, Q- K Tyetenoaog 1-0 Ih, the apeed of He mele so $v-20 leName: Apswee Xe y Statistics - Variation and Box and Whisker Plots Mr. Cellan surveyed the students in his fist period gym 1 class'o find out how many times they exercised this ‘month, The box plot shows the results How Many Times Have You Exercised This Month? Mo GQ. Oe o Max tt tt 0 5 10 15 20 2 30 Part A Find the following values. Minimum: |__0 First Quart: |_‘D. Maximum: |_30 ‘Third Quartile: |_20 May-Mea a, - 0, Range: |__30 Intérquarite Range: |_1S 3o~ ors Part B What is the median? What does the median represent? the $ of 4 on the other bees. Part C Make a conclusion about the different lengths of the sections. Bw Loupe pee half means thee times weve move vated (speead out) ‘A movie theater recorded the number of tickets sold daily for a popular movie during the month of ree Class: Pre-Algebra Sheet #5 ‘What is the value of the third quartile shown on the box-and-whisker plot below? . i iG 3 Max 10 85 dD 22 John recorded the final score of the Basketville basketball team for each game. At the end of the season, he used a box-and-whisker plot to summarize the scores. tee Tt at 50 60) 70 75 80 BF 90100 2 (@) The team played 16 games this season. In how many games did they score at least 85 points? 85 ox mote A 2 8 sot of Ib © se) BO3 D_ It’s impossible to tell (b) What percentage of the scores are less than 75? ®© * c as B 50 D100 | (©) Which interval contains exactly 50% of the scores? | a 55-90 9h 75-85 ash the June. The box-and-whisker plot shown below B 55-100 |G ® 75-90 so represents the data for the number of tickets sold, ee a in 15 _ This box-and-whisker plot shows the number of ar fet] art} siblings in a group of students 01234567890 eee ee ears ‘What conclusion can be made using this plot? ‘A The second quartile is 600. X 400 The meatf of the attendance is 400. X ‘The range of the attendance is 300 to 600. X/60 900 25% of the attendance is between 300 and 400. B ic oO Which of the following conclusions can be drawn, from the plot? | A__ Most students have more than 3 siblings. 254. | ® Halror more of the students have 1 03 siblings. 5% c Half of the students have | or 2 siblings, 2s. D_ Most students have no siblings. Mia6 The box-and-whisker plot below represents students” scores on a recent English test. wa & Hac SOLEIL SEL ULE neal 70 80 100 Student Scores. What i the value of the upper quartile? @, 68 © 16 D 94 7 The box-and-whisker plot below represents the ‘math test scores of 20 students. HET oeh Jord} eee 60 70 80 700 What percentage of the scores are Jess than 722 25 c 15 B50 D100 g__ Basedon the box-and-whisker plot below, which statement is false? ta %_@ Max 4 et 012345678 910111213 A. The median is7 V7 ‘The range is 12X Max-Min 12-2 = 10 CC The first quartile is 4 / D The third quartile is 11 )/ | | What is the range of the data represented in the box-and-whisker plot shown below? aa Max rf a} 10 oe a5 75 100 A 40 © 6 — Max-Ma B45 pio HIS ‘The box-and-whisker plot below represents the ages of 12 people. - sa : 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 (a) What percentage of these people are age 15 or older? A 25 © iB 35) D 85 u (b) How many of the people surveyed was age 15 or older? Wh of 12 oe 3-4 [9] ‘The box-and-whisker plot below represents the results of test scores in a math class. 12 Ho Aa Qs Max lam 2 40 80 ‘What do the scores 65, 85, and 100 represent? A 1* quartile, median, 3° quartile ® quanti, 3° quartile, maximum Median, 1* quartile, maximum, D Minimum, median, maximum 13. Mthe box-and-whisker plot below, what is the 2™4 ‘The box-and-whisker plot below represents a set quartile? 9 of grades in a college statistics class. Mua Qo Os Max pas, Ae asl oy, =o Ly 44 + | 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 70 60 82 84 06 86 00 02 9496, What interval contains exactly 50% of the grades? A 63-88 981. Cc 75-81 2h B 6395 Iw = D_—75.88 She + 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 ‘a 25 cas @) 3 D 30Name: Arswee t, y Statistics - Comparing Populations Dominic asked a random sample of students in 1 North Middle School and South Middle Schoo! how far they travel to school. His results are shown in the box plots below. DISTANCE TRAVELED TO SCHOOL | J Nor Middle Shoo! South Middle Shoot ee Distance miles) Part A: Which school’s students have the greater variability in distance they travel to school? Explain how you know. idle Sehad ja 1s mode Spend out. Part B: Which school’s students typically have the greater | distance to travel to school? Relate your reasoning to measures of center or measures of variability. thet idle Scheol ble sure 44avels 2.95 euils oe more _veesus ty 2s> a+ Sacth Middle Schl. The dot plots below were made after measuring, the heights of a sample of students in the 7* grade. Heights (inches) ey : sae caeun’s Ua tyensgs= BPS ser ars hs oz i. on 2 oo 8 8 © 8 @ 8 oo ind the mean of the male students and the mean of the female students. What does this mean about the data? Find the range of both the male and the female students. ‘What does this mean about the data? | 165-59 =6 Yatiahon oe Female: 43-59=6 _gpeeadia heght | 3 Class: Pre-Algebra Sheet #6 Kacey surveyed a different group of students in her science and math classes. The double box plot shows the results for both classes. How Many Times Have You Posted A Blog This Month? a er a Poa ce mo 0 5 1 1% 2m 3 ‘What conclusion can be drawn based on the data? ‘The students in both classes posted about the same ‘number of blogs because their range isthe same. X Overall the students in the math class posted more blogs because the left half ofthe box plot is longer. x, Overall the students in the science class posted more blogs because the median is higher. Since both classes share the same maximum, they ‘generally posted the same amount of blogs. ‘The double dot plot below shows the daily low temperatures of two cities in January. Daily Low Temperatures (°F) EEETES Ft wa SH citys 30 St 82 59 34 95 96 97 38 39 40 ‘Which of the following statements about the two populations is true? “The medians are the same. ‘The interquartile ranges are the same. The temperatures for City A are typically higher. The temperatures for City B are more consistent. S4mie hac. Which of the following. ‘isnot true about the double box: plot? ‘Speed (mt wos off} + ‘se G0 65 7D 75 ww OO WoW HONIS HOIST I er hour of Reller Coasters ‘The data for the steel coaster is symmetric. x ‘The data for the steel coaster is nor symmetric, 7 ‘The fastest steel coaster travels 135 miles per hour, 7 The slowest wooden coaster travels 60 miles per hour.‘A scientist measured the lengths of 12 scrub jays and © 12 blue jays. She made these box-and-whisker plots of the two sets of data OR te ty ae ce See ated aaa ease Length in contimeters What conclusion can the scientist draw from the data? ‘A_ The median length for both types of jays is 30 em, B The ranges of the lengths of the blue jays and of the serub jays are the same, © _One-alf of bth grousofjays are more han 308 em long. ‘One-half of the blue jays and three-fourths of the serub Jays are more than 29.5 em long. 7 The accompanying box-and-whisker plots can be used to compare the annual incomes of three professions. I 44 goon Pen gos 40h © musean {T——}—_ ate aren 020d Go 8 "100" 0 TAO ‘Annual Income (thousands of daliars) Based on the box-and-whisker plots, which statement is true? ‘A. The median income for nuclear engineers is greater than the income of all musicians. % ‘The median income for police officers and musicians is the same, C All nuctear engineers earn more than all police officers. D__A musician will eventually ear more than a police officer. Corinne is planning a beach vacation in July and is analyzing the daily high temperatures for her potential destination She would like to choose a destination with a high median temperature and small interquartile range, She constructed box plots shown in the diagram below. 8 Ocoan Beachy Serene Shoros i —h— k Whispering Palms 5 v 4 cv j —a-— ee ed 70 75 80 65 $0 95 100 70 75 80 65 90 U5 100 Which destination has a median temperature above 80 degrees and the smallest interquartile range? Smell box The box plot below shows the scores on last week's 9 test for 10 randomly selected students from each of Mr. Brenner's two mathematis classes. RANDOMLY SELECTED TEST SCORES omx - omy 4 Which statement about the performance of the students in the two classes is best supported by the data from these samples? ‘A. Thetwo classes performed equally well because the range of each clas i the same. B__Thetwo classes performed equally well because the ‘greatest score in each class is the same. The students in Class Y generally performed better than the students in Class X because most students in Class Y had a score greater than 70 ‘The students in Class Y generally performed better than the students in Class X because the median of Class Y is greater than that of Class X. ‘Amy made these box-and-whisker plots showing the 10 heights of her sunflowers in 2005 and 2006. Use the plots to answer parts A & B. cen ee 1) — 2008 june S67 Siege Height in feet Part A: Which statement is true about the range of the heights for the to years? erie © They arethe same, i As-4.seS BB Therange is greater in 2008. C The range is greater in 2006, D__Itis impossible to compare ranges. Part B: Based on the data, which conclusion is NOT true? ‘A. Both years one-fourth ofthe plants were less than 6 feet tall 7 B Both years half ofthe plants were at least 7 feet tall. y~ C Both years the median height ofthe plants was 7 feet.y~ Both years one-fourth of the plants were more than 8 feet tallName: Answet dey Statistics - Mean Absolute Deviation Eamonn! The range can tell us if there is a big spread in the data because it shows the difference between the highest and lowest scores in the data set. However, because it only takes two numbers into account, it can be misleading. Take for example the grades of two students, Mean: _90 Range: 24 Date: Topic 10 Clas: Sheet #7 The table below shows the current top 5 record holders for fastest stee! roller coasters as posted by Wikipedia.com [as of 2014]. e-Algebra Coaster Count essa Ferrari World United Arab Frias United States Formula | | Crop i | Hep | | aster = Cedar Point =a Dodanpa= FQ Highlond Sagan [Tower of Teror= Dreomworld | Ausalia Part A Find the mean absolute deviation for the set of data 9-45 ABSOLUTE DEVIATION Erie: sTesssonLaRosI02 = Mean: $2 Spreps | MEAN |score — mean) 99-64 Range: 12 _ 740 1-122 = 2% While the range of Heidi's grades is twice of Erie's, their [28 12842226 grades are exactly the same, except for one extreme score. Hoe: (42% | Tense! The scores are very alike but we are led to believe there is a | 09 og= huge difference i fe Se 0! 2 - or ed We can take all scores into account if we use another ! a measure called the mean absolute deviation. This measure a calculates the average distance EACH score is from the mean. ‘All we must do is calculate the average of the distances. Using a chart like the following one may be helpful but is not necessary. Mean absolute deviation is the average of the last column. | Mean absolute deviation: 3.2 | Part B Describe what the mean absolute deviation represents, 29 Mean absolute deviation: % 3.3 gine ‘ABSOLUTE DEVIATION wedage,, the speeds ate 13.2 mph scones | MEA® | |score—mean| Plan the mean. 6 -45 = e E ee 4 Tstopneotsof vein mph 106,96 88, 88 iM ss = * and 80 qn ‘ Ae 2 Part A Find the mean absolute deviation for the set of data, < = a eS {Ob MiGeEE OHO . ass. 94 ss 3426 Mean absolute deviation: %_5,'t ae ci : . ae - mace ‘ABSOLUTE DEVIATION gi-e8=3 = H02S= 8 Scores | MEAN [score - mean| 41-8 = ie 7 ite 4 eu Mean absolute deviation: 2 Ht 2 al Part B Describe what the mean absolute dev ay pe represents a5 4s-q2 23 4 99-42 t | S needs of beds are, on ayeeage, Il mph AweThe table shows the heights of waterslides at two 3 ditterent water parks. | Heth or watersns j Solas tazon ‘ia Water Bay 15 95 80 110 88 120 108 of 195 126 | | Part A The mean absolute deviation (MAD) for Splash Lagoon was found to be 10.32, rounded to the nearest hundredth, Calculate the mean absolute deviation for Wild Water Bay. 1204108 494 FISSH26. 585 _ Wg Ss Ss 120 -Ile.6= 3.4 120 -log8 = Bb In0 -94 = 220 13s - 4bL= 7B Ile tbe = 9.4 624 624262 12.48 Splash Lagoon __10.32 Wild Water Bay 12.4% Part B Write a sentence or two comparing the variations, based on the mean absolute deviations found. Siacede M Wd Walee Bay is | heights jake vakied f What does the word deviate mean? (google it!] How can it help you remember what the word mean absolute deviation refers to? Devale means *to diffee’ So hue does th mean_differ_ fom the values How does the word absolute help you to remember how to calculate the mean absolute deviation? Absolute valve 1s albicys pusive, so Subkact + alueus getposive difference. 4 5 Which of the following is true concerning the 6 mean absolute deviation ofa set of data? ‘A. Itdeseribes the variation ofthe data values around the median, ye B_ describes the absolute value ofthe mean.X © _taescrbes the average distance between each data value and the map. »7 D__ It describes the variation ofthe data values, around the mode.x ‘The number of calories in the five top-selling 7 sandwiches at two sandwich shops are shown below. SANDWICH CLONES Meoe: 225°: 450 [Garssuie] [ers nn $ 30 Ho Hap: 100 a5_ys [a so ae 3 ro 338 1c Which statement about th sandwich eafries at each sandwich shop is true? ‘A. The mean for Sal's Subs is less than the mean for Bert's Bites. B__ The mean for Sal's Subs is greater than the mean for Bers Bites, C__ The mean absolute deviation for Sal's Subs is less than the mean absolute deviation for Bert's Bites. © The mean absolute deviation for Sal’s Subs is greater than the mean absolute deviation for Bert's Bites. Examine these two dot plots: 8 Without calculating, tell which dot plot will have the greatest mean absolute deviation. Explain your reasoning, or He iron absolule deviahoa tets wl _yaviahor and Plot B is moe Smead out