Name: _______________________

Directions:
This is an ungraded assignment. The purpose is to show what you know about
each of the topics presented. Please answer each question to the best of your
ability. You may use a calculator.
Next to each question, please indicate on a scale of 0-5 (fist to five!) how
sure you are of your answer, with 0 being not sure at all and 5 being very sure.
Record this when you see 0-5 _____ next to a question.

1. The table below lists examples of statistical questions and non statistical
questions. Compare the statements in the two columns and use your
observations to create a definition for a statistical question. Remember to
record how sure you are of your answer.
Statistical Questions

Non Statistical Questions

What is the average height of students

How many pets do I have?
on the White Team?

How many runs do the Tigers have in a

typical game?

Do more people in class like

hamburgers or pizza?

How many hours of TV does the

average 6th grader watch a week?

How many students are on the Green

Team?

Based on my observations, I think a statistical question is _______________________

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0-5 _____

2. For the following words: range, shape, median, mode, and mean, draw a
line connecting the word to its definition. After you match up the word to
its definition, underline any keywords in the definition that helped you to
identify it. Remember to record how sure you are of your answer.

Range
0-5 _____

Shape
0-5 _____

Median

The average of the values in a data

set.

The middle data value when the

data are ordered smallest to
largest.

The most repeated data value.

0-5 _____

Mode
0-5 _____

Mean
0-5 _____

The distance between the highest

and lowest data point.

How spread out or clumped

together the data is.

3. Use the data provided in the table to answer questions a-e. Remember to
record how sure you are of your answer.
The height of each student on the White Team was measured to the
nearest inch and recorded in the table below.
Height of Students On the
White Team
Height
Number of
Rounded to Students This
Nearest Inch
Height
53

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55

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58

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59

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61

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a. How tall is the shortest person on the White Team?

0-5 _____

b. How tall is the tallest person on the White Team?

0-5 _____

c. What is the most common height of students on the White Team? Explain
how you know.
0-5 _____

d. Four students created a line plot using the data from the table provided.
Place a checkmark next to the line plot that you think best represents
the data.
Student 1

Student 2

Student 3

Student 4

Explain how you know the line plot you chose best represents the data.
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0-5 _____

e. Two students created a histogram using the data from the table provided.
Place a checkmark next to the histogram that you think best represents
the data.
Student 1

Student 2

Explain how you know the histogram you chose best represents the data.
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0-5 _____

4. Use the data table provided to answer questions a-f. Remember to

record how sure you are of your answer.
The height of each student on the Green Team was measured to the nearest
inch and recorded in the table below.
Height of Students On the
Green Team
Height
Number of
Rounded to
Students This
Nearest
Height
Inch
49

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51

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54

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58

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59

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a. How many students are on the Green Team?

0-5 _____

b. What unit was used to measure the students height?

0-5 _____

c. What is the mean height of the students?

0-5 _____

d. What is the median height of the students?

0-5 _____

e. Which do you think best describes the center of this data, the mean or the
median? Explain how you know.
0-5 _____

f. Construct a line plot on the number line below using the data from the
table.
0-5 _____