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Comparing distributions

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    Make use of mean, mode, median and range to compare distributions
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  • The ............ measures the spread (variation) of the data
    range
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  • The range measures the ........................ of the data
    spread (variation)
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  • Three types of average are ............, ............, ............
    mean, mode, median
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  • The number of cookies in a pack can vary . Help Sara find the mode? 15,14,16,12,14,12,14
    14
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  • The number of miles that Jenna cycled each week for a 7-week period is shown: 36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31 What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?
    36
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  • The number of pages that Carolyn wrote in her journal each day from Monday to Friday is shown below: 9, 8, 12, 6, 10 What is the mean number of pages she wrote per day?
    9
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  • To find the ________ you put all numbers in order from least to greatest and find the number that is in the middle.
    median
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  • A data set can have more than one mode
    true
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  • When finding the median, what do you do if there are two middle numbers?
    Add them together and divide by 2
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  • What is the range? 8, 10, 60, 3, 5, 13, 12, 40, 8
    57
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  • What is the range?
    The difference between the largest and smallest number
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  • Bob has the following data. 15,n,84,3,9. If the mean is 24, what could be n?
    9
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  • Bob has the following data. 15,n,84,3,9. If the mode is 3, what could be n?
    3
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  • Bob has the following data. 15,n,16,18,19,16. If the median is 16.5, what could be n?
    17
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