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Create a statistical question about the ages of your classmates.

"What are the ages of students in my class?"

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What information can you get from a box plot?

A box plot shows the minimum, lower quartile, median, upper quartile, and maximum. It helps visualize spread and symmetry of the data.

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Lose 15 points!

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Double points!

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Win 20 points!

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lifesaver

Give 25 points!

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thief

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fairy

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Go to first place!

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banana

Go to last place!

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Explain how the center of a distribution can help summarize the data.

The center gives us a single value that represents a typical or average value in the data set.

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Why might you choose median over mean in certain cases?

You might choose the median when the data has outliers or is skewed, because the median is not affected by extreme values.

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How do you create a histogram?

Group data into intervals (called bins), count how many data points fall into each bin, and draw bars to show those frequencies.

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What is a statistical question?

A statistical question is one that can be answered by collecting data and expects variability in the answers.

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What does it mean for data to have a distribution?

It means the data are spread out in a certain way across possible values. The distribution shows how often each value or range of values occurs.

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How does anticipating variability help in answering a statistical question?

It helps us understand that there will be a range of answers, and we can plan to summarize the data using appropriate tools like mean, median, or data displays.

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Create a simple dot plot using the following data: 2, 3, 4, 4, 5.

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Give 15 points!

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Other team loses 20 points!

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baam

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Why is "How many pets do students have?" a statistical question?

Because different students may have different numbers of pets, so the answers will vary. This variability is what makes the question statistical.

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Other team wins 5 points!

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shark

Other team loses 10 points!

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banana

Go to last place!

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What is the median?

The median is the middle number when the data is ordered from least to greatest. If there’s an even number of values, it’s the average of the two middle numbers

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What is the mean absolute deviation?

The mean absolute deviation (MAD) is the average distance between each data point and the mean of the data set. It measures variability.

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