Math Lab:
Online Skills Review
Unit 1
Drawing Conclusions from Statistical
Data
View PowerPoint: Mean, Median, Mode
Exercises:
3. Solve the problems
below.
For each data
set, find the mean, the median, and the mode.
Tell which measure you find most useful for describing the data. Explain why.
a. Maddie scored 7, 9, 5,3,15 and 15 points in 6 basketball games. She wants to
show that she is a valuable player.
b. Mr. and Mrs. Rodriquez collected donations of $50, $125, $10, $210, $50,
$24, and $175 for charity. They wanted to show that they are good fundraisers.
c. Andy's phone calls lasted 20 min, 7min, 9min, 12min, and 7min. He wants to
show how long a typical phone call is.
d. A golf team had scores of 383, 392, and 401 strokes in a tournament. The
lowest score wins. The team wants to show that it played well.
5. 1-7 Displaying
and Interpreting Data
6. 3-3 Mean,
Median, Mode, and Range
7. Statistics: Box and Whisker
Plots
Collecting
& Organizing Data
(scatter
plots, box & whisker, stem & leaf, line of best fit)
Measures
of Central Tendency: Mean-Mode-Median
Quartiles
& Percentiles
8. Algebra
Practice for Central Tendency
Assessments:
- Chapter
12 - More Statistics and Probability (problems 1-14)
Record your scores in your journal or record sheet and check in with the instructor.