6.6.D.19 -Comparing Data Distributions – Exit Ticket

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Use the following data to answer questions 1-3. According to the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Crop Production 2012 Summary, in the contiguous 48 United States, there was a great deal of variability among
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Which of the three regions' data sets has the least variability? Which has the greatest variability? To explain how you chose your answers, write a sentence or two that supports your choices by comparing relevant summary measures (i.e., median, IQR, etc.) or graphical attributes (i.e., shape, variability, etc.) from the three groups.

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True or False: The Western state with the smallest hay yield per acre has a higher hay yield per acre than at least half of the Midwestern states. Explain how you know this is true or how this is false.

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Which region typically has states with the largest hay yield per acre? To explain how you chose your answer, write a sentence or two that supports your choice by comparing relevant summary measures or graphical attributes from the three groups.

From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 6 Mathematics Module 6, Topic D, Lesson 19. Internet. Available from https://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-6-mathemat...; accessed 03/Feb/2016.