Use the logical reasoning strategy to solve.

1. The table shows the pets of students in the 8th grade. How
many have a dog?

2. One evening at a movie concession stand, 80 customers bought

popcorn, 55 bought a soft drink, and 35 bought a box of candy.
Of those who bought exactly two items, 35 bought popcorn and a
soft drink, 10 bought a soft drink and candy, and 5 bought candy
and popcorn. Three customers bought all three. How many
bought only popcorn?
Course 1, Lesson 11-3
 Answers
1. 29
2. 37

Course 1, Lesson 11-3

 Statistics and Probability

HOW are the mean, median, and mode

helpful in describing data?

Course 1, Lesson 11-3

 Statistics and Probability

• To find the measures of variation

•To find outliers
•To analyze data

Course 1, Lesson 11-3

 Statistics and Probability

• measures of variation
• quartiles
• first quartile
• third quartile
• interquartile range
• range
• outliers

Course 1, Lesson 11-3

 Statistics and Probability

Measures of Variation

Quartiles are values that divide the data set into four equal parts.

First and Third Quartiles

The first and third quartiles are the medians of the data values less than the
median and the data values greater than the median respectively.

Interquartile Range (IQR)

The distance between the first and third quartiles of the data set.

Range
The difference between the greatest and least data values.

Course 1, Lesson 11-3

 Step-by-Step Example

1. Find the measures of

variation for the data.

1 Range 70 – 1 or 69 mph

2 Quartiles Order the numbers.

median = 27.5

3 Interquartile Range 50 – 8 or 42 Q3–Q1

4 The range is 69, the median is 27.5, the first quartile is 8, the
third quartile is 50, and the IQR is 42.

Need Another Example?

 Need Another Example?

Find the measures

of variation for the
data.

Answer range: 66;

median: 73.5;
Q1 : 44;
Q3 : 88;
IQR: 44
 Step-by-Step Example

2. The ages of candidates in an election are 23, 48, 49, 55,

57, 63, and 72. Name any outliers in the data.

1 Find the interquartile range 63 – 48 = 15

2 Multiply the interquartile range by 1.5: 15 × 1.5 = 22.5

3 Subtract 22.5 from the first quartile and add 22.5 to the
third quartile to find the limits for the outliers.

48 – 22.5 = 25.5 63 + 22.5 = 85.5

4 The only age beyond the limits is 23. So, it is the only
outlier.

Need Another Example?

 Need Another Example?

The average daily temperatures in degrees

Fahrenheit for one week in July were 94, 92, 90, 95,
71, 89, and 92. Name any outliers in the data.

Answer 71
 Step-by-Step Example

3. The table shows a set of scores on a science

test in two different classrooms. Compare and
contrast their measures of variation.

1 Find the measures of variation for both rooms.

Room A Room B
Range 100 – 65 = 35 98 – 63 = 35
Median 80 81

Q3

Q1

IQR 89.5 – 69.5 = 20 90 – 69 = 21

2 Both classrooms have a range of 35 points, but Room B has an

interquartile range of 21 points while Room A’s interquartile range is 20
points. There are slight differences in the medians as well as the third
and first quartiles.

Need Another Example?

 Need Another Example?

The table shows the ages of students in two

different classes at a dance studio. Compare
and contrast the measures of variation.

Answer
ranges: 3 and 3; median: 16.5 and 13;
Q1: 16 and 13; Q3: 17 and 14; IQR: 1 and 1;
the first quartile, median, and third quartile
of the ballet class are all greater than those
of the hip hop class.
 Geometry
Statistics and Probability

How did what you learned

today help you answer the

HOW are the mean, median, and mode

helpful in describing data?

Course 1, Lesson 11-3

 Geometry
Statistics and Probability

How did what you learned

today help you answer the

HOW are the mean, median, and mode

helpful in describing data?
Sample answers:
• Median can be used to find the quartiles
• Median is used to find the interquartile range which can
be used to describe the “middle” 50%

Course 1, Lesson 11-3

 Ratios and Proportional
Statistics Relationships
Functions
and Probability

Find the measures of variation

for the following data set:
1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, 9

Course 1, Lesson 11-3