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Math Spiral 26: Statistics & Probability

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4 questions

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Question 1

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Directions: Evaluate the questions below for each scenario. Be very specific with mathematical evidence and examples to back up your answers.

There are two sets of data (Data set A and Data set B). Both have ten numbers in the set and all of the numbers are the same. Is the following true or false and why if Data set B loses its smallest number?

Data set A would have a larger range.

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Question 2

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Directions: Evaluate the questions below for each scenario. Be very specific with mathematical evidence and examples to back up your answers.

There are two sets of data (Data set A and Data set B). Both have ten numbers in the set and all of the numbers are the same. Is the following true or false and why if Data set B loses its smallest number?

The mode of each data set would be different.

Question 3

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Directions: Evaluate the questions below for each scenario. Be very specific with mathematical evidence and examples to back up your answers.

There are two sets of data (Data set A and Data set B). Both have ten numbers in the set and all of the numbers are the same. Is the following true or false and why if Data set B loses its smallest number?

The median of the two data sets would be the same.

Question 4

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Directions: Evaluate the questions below for each scenario. Be very specific with mathematical evidence and examples to back up your answers.

There are two sets of data (Data set A and Data set B). Both have ten numbers in the set and all of the numbers are the same. Is the following true or false and why if Data set B loses its smallest number?

The mean or average of data set A is larger than the mean of average of data set B.