6.03.

P Spread of Data
Matching Histograms and Summary Statistics
Match each histogram with a set of summary statistics, by writing the letter in the space provided.

A.
1. ______________ mean 10.5
standard deviation 1.4
median 10.7
IQR 2.0

0 5 10 15 20

B.
2. _______________ mean 10.1
standard deviation 2.7
median 10.1
IQR 4.2

6 8 10 12 14

C.
3. _______________ mean 10.2
standard deviation 2.1
median 10.5
IQR 2.5

4 7 10 13 16

D.
4. _______________
mean 10.2
standard deviation 4.1
median 11.9
IQR 6.8

5 11 18 24 30

E.
5. _______________
mean 8.8
standard deviation 2.8
median 8.0
IQR 1.9

2 6 9 13 16
1. Grapes: The boxplots display case prices in
dollars of varieties of grapes produced by
vineyards along three of the Finger Lakes in
New York state. Answer the following with a
justification.

a. Which lake region produces the most expensive grape?

b. Which lake region produces the cheapest grape?
c. In which region are the grapes generally more expensive? Why?
d. Which region has the smallest IQR?
e. Which region has the largest standard deviation? Estimate this standard deviation.
f. Which region has the most consistent price of wine? Explain.
g. Which region will the mean case price be lower than the median case price?
h. If the Cayuga region started to produce a wine that had a case price of $150 describe the effect on
the mean and the median.
i. If the Seneca region started to produce two more wines that had case prices of $110 and $80,
describe the effect on the mean and the median? Describe the effect on the boxplot overall.
j. If the boxplot of the Cayuga region represents 160 wineries, how many wineries would fit in the white
box region of the box and whisker plot?

2. Test Scores: Three classes were given the same test and the score % was recorded and placed in different
histograms shown below.

a. Which class had the highest mean score?

b. Which class had the highest median score?
c. For which class are the mean and median most different? Which is higher? Why?
d. If you were a student wishing to get a high score which class would you want to be a part of? Why?
e. Considering only class 1 and class 2, which has the higher standard deviation.
f. Considering only class 1 and class 2, which class has the smallest IQR?
g. By estimating, draw the box and whisker plots for each class.
h. Write two statements comparing class 1 and class 2.
i.
 3. Considering shape, centre and spread consider the two sets of three distributions.

4. Families: The number of children per family was recorded in 1967 and 1997 by the US Census Bureau in the data sets. Using
your GDC, create two histograms (or boxplots), then
write a few sentences to compare the numbers of
families in the different years. Include shape, center
and spread in your comparisons.
5. Match the boxplot to the histograms and explain your choices.
6. Match the histograms to a row in the table and explain your choices.
7. At a school field day, 50 students and 50 faculty members each completed an obstacle course. Descriptive statistics
for the completion times (in minutes) for the two groups are shown to the right.

(a) Use the same scale to draw boxplots for the completion times for students and for faculty members. [1/2]

(b) Determine the IQR’s.

(c) Estimate the standard deviation of both student and faculty.
(d) You have been asked to report on this event for the school newspaper. Write a few sentences describing
student and faculty performances in this competition for the paper, include shape, center and spread.

8. The histogram shows the lengths of 25 metal rods, each measured correct to the nearest cm.
a. Write down the modal length of the
rods.
b. Find the median length of the rods.
c. The upper quartile is 4 cm.
Calculate the lower quartile.
d. Calculate the interquartile range.