Data & Statistics - 20 Challenging Questions
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Data: 5, 8, 12, 15, 20, 100. Which better represents typical value: mean or median? Explain.
Consider impact of the extreme value
Test scores: 75, 80, 85, 85, 90, 95. What are mean, median, and mode?
Survey 120 of 1,200 students. Sample size = ___%
Divide sample by population
Pie chart: Reading 35%, Math 30%, Science 20%, Other 15%. Class has 80 students. How many prefer Math?
Calculate percentage of total
Bimodal data has exactly two modes.
Data set A: 10, 10, 10, 10. Data set B: 5, 10, 15, 20. Which has larger range?
Line graph shows sales: Jan (100), Feb (120), Mar (110), Apr (140). What's the overall trend?
Compare start to end
Survey question: 'How many hours do you study?' This is ___ question (statistical/non-statistical)
Will answers vary?
Data: 20, 25, 30, 35, 40. If each value increases by 10, what happens to the mean?
Calculate both means
Bar graph scale jumps by 10s. One bar appears at 7.5 between 70 and 80. What value?
Stratified sampling divides population into groups, then samples from each group.
Heights: 160, 165, 170, 175, 180 cm. Median = ___ cm
Find middle value
Class mean on test is 82. If teacher adds 5 bonus points to everyone, new mean?
Mean shifts by same amount
Data: 2, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 8. What are the mode(s)?
Survey about lunch sent only to students who buy lunch. Is this biased? Why?
Who's excluded?
Pie chart shows budget. If savings is 25% of $400 monthly income, savings = $___
Calculate percentage
If all data values are identical, mean = median = mode.
Dataset: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60. If we add value 100, which measure changes most?
Line graph shows temperature drop from 75°F to 65°F over 5 hours. Average rate of change per hour?
Divide total change by time
Data: 15, 18, 21, 24, 27. This is an arithmetic sequence. Mean = ___
Sum and divide by count
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