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6.05 Comparisons of data sets

Interactive practice questions

The box plots show the distances, in centimeters, jumped by two high jumpers.

a

Who had a higher median jump?

Matt

A

Paul

B
b

Who made the greatest jump?

Matt

A

Paul

B
c

Who made the least jump?

Matt

A

Paul

B
Easy
< 1min

The test scores of $12$12 students in Music and French are listed below.

Music: $79,59,74,94,51,71,93,84,69,61,86,86$79,59,74,94,51,71,93,84,69,61,86,86

French: $62,71,64,82,83,99,87,89,66,73,59,76$62,71,64,82,83,99,87,89,66,73,59,76

Easy
2min

The residents of two blocks of townhouses were asked the number of pets they own. The frequency of various responses are presented in the dot plots.

According to the data, which of the following statements are true?

Easy
2min

Study the bar graph below which shows the changes in tourism rates in different cities during 2011 and 2012, then answer the following questions.

Easy
2min
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Outcomes

S-ID.1

Represent data with plots on the real number line (dot plots, histograms, and box plots).

S-ID.2

Use statistics appropriate to the shape of the data distribution to compare center (median, mean) and spread (interquartile range, standard deviation) of two or more different data sets.

S-ID.3

Interpret differences in shape, center, and spread in the context of the data sets, accounting for possible effects of extreme data points (outliers).

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