# Comparing Data Sets

ID: fibuk-sonom
Illustrative Mathematics, CC BY 4.0
Subject: Algebra, Algebra 2

19 questions

# Comparing Data Sets

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##### Problem 1

Twenty students participated in a psychology experiment which measured their heart rates in two different situations.

1) What are the appropriate measures of center and variability to use with the data?

3) Which situation shows a greater typical heart rate?

a)

Situation A

b)

Situation B

c)

4) Which situation shows greater variability?

a)

Situation A

b)

Situation B

c)

##### Problem 2

5) Invent two situations that you think would result in distributions with similar measures of variability.

7) Invent two situations that you think would result in distributions with different measures of variability.

##### Problem 3

The data set and some summary statistics are listed.

11.5, 12.3, 13.5, 15.6, 16.7, 17.2, 18.4, 19, 19.5, 21.5

﻿$\boldsymbol{\cdot}$﻿ mean: 16.52

﻿$\boldsymbol{\cdot}$﻿ median: 16.95

﻿$\boldsymbol{\cdot}$﻿ standard deviation: 3.11

﻿$\boldsymbol{\cdot}$﻿ IQR: 5.5

9) How does adding 5 to each of the values in the data set impact the shape of the distribution?

10) How does adding 5 to each of the values in the data set impact the measures of center?

11) How does adding 5 to each of the values in the data set impact the measures of variability?

##### Problem 4

Here are two box plots:

12) Which box plot has a greater median?

a)

Box Plot A

b)

Box Plot B

c)

13) Which box plot has a greater measure of variability?

a)

Box Plot A

b)

Box Plot B

c)

##### Problem 5

14) The depth of two lakes is measured at multiple spots. For the first lake, the mean depth is about 45 feet with a standard deviation of 8 feet. For the second lake, the mean depth is about 60 feet with a standard deviation of 27 feet.

Noah says the second lake is generally deeper than the first lake. Do you agree with Noah?

True or false? Write below.
##### Problem 6

The dot plots display the height, rounded to the nearest foot, of maple trees from two different tree farms.

15) Compare the mean and standard deviation of the two data sets.

16) What does the standard deviation tell you about the trees at these farms?

##### Problem 7

17) Which box plot has an IQR of 10?

a)

Box Plot A

b)

Box Plot B

c)

Box Plot C

d)

Box Plot D

##### Problem 8

Data set: -6, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 6, 6, 8, 10

18) What effect does eliminating the lowest value, -6, from the data set have on the mean?

19) What effect does eliminating the lowest value, -6, from the data set have on the median?