6.6.D.19 -Comparing Data Distributions – Exit Ticket
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3 Questions
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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1.
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.
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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2.
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.
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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3.
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.
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.