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Grade 12

Comparing data

Interactive practice questions

The median house price in Humbleton is $\$950000$$950000 with a mean price of $\$1000000$$1000000 and the median house price in Brockway is $\$950000$$950000 with a mean price of $\$880000$$880000.

a

Which town is most likely to have some very expensive houses?

Brockway

A

Humbleton

B
b

Which of these statements supports your answer?

mean $>$> median

A

mean $<$< median

B
Easy
< 1min

The beaks of two groups of bird are measured, in mm, to determine whether they might be of the same species.

Easy
4min

The ages of employees at two competing fast food restaurants on a Saturday night are recorded. Some statistics are given in the following table:

Easy
2min

Two Science classes, each with $20$20 students, were given a $10$10 question True/False test. The results for each class are shown below.

Medium
4min
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12D.D.1.5

Interpret statistical summaries to describe the characteristics of a one-variable data set and to compare two related one-variable data sets; describe how statistical summaries can be used to misrepresent one-variable data; and make inferences, and make and justify conclusions, from statistical summaries of one-variable data orally and in writing, using convincing arguments

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