Boxplots and Outliers Answers

Shoppers were surveyed about their spending for holiday shopping. The standard deviation of the amount shoppers spent was $125. Which of the following is the best interpretation of this value?

A tutor kept track of how many students she had helped every week for a year. The range of the number of tutored students was 10 students. Which of the following is the best interpretation of this value?

A statistics student gave a survey to students which asked how many first cousins they have. The data from the first nine responses are shown below.6, 2, 7, 8, 8, 8, 5, 10, 10

As an introduction to probability, a student is asked to roll a fair, six-sided number cube seven times. The results of those seven rolls are shown below.1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 5

Some teenagers collected trash for a beach cleanup. The data for the number of pounds of trash collected by each teenager are shown below.26, 26, 21, 22, 20, 25, 35

In a recent survey, students were asked how long they play video games in one sitting. The interquartile range of the length of play times was 43 minutes. Which of the following is the best interpretation of this value?

Some teenagers collected trash for a beach clean-up. The data for the number of pounds of trash collected by each teenager are shown below.26, 26, 21, 22, 20, 25, 35

Which of the following statements is true about the IQR, range, and standard deviation?

The parallel dotplots below display the girths (belly circumference) of some male and female pigs.

Some teenagers collected trash for a beach clean-up. The data for the number of pounds of trash collected by each teenager are shown below.26, 26, 21, 22, 20, 25, 35