Circuit Training – Statistics -- Exploring 1-Variable Data Unit Review Name _____________________

Directions: Begin in cell #1. Do the work necessary to answer the question; this might include pictures,
calculations, reference to calculator and/or table use. Circle and then search for your answer. When you
find it, call that cell #2 and continue in this manner until you complete the circuit. Note: To make the
circuit more fun, all answers are rounded to the nearest whole number, though best practice is to keep more
decimal precision in your final answers.
#____1____ #________ Answer: 20

A survey asked questions about age, race, gender, A low outlier is included in a data set. Circle the
height, and length of commute. Box the nonresistant values.
quantitative variables. Circle the categorical
variables. How many of the variables are mean, median, range, standard deviation, IQR
categorical?
How many did you circle? _____
#________ Answer: 7 #________ Answer: 36

The back-to-back stem plot shows the years of What percent of the data in a distribution fall
teaching experience at Lafayette middle school within the first quartile and the maximum value?
(LMS) and Lafayette High School (LHS) for ten
randomly selected teachers at each school. _________ %

(NOTE: Illustrate with a box plot below.)

Which school has more variability in the number

of years of teaching experience? If LMS, go to 59.
If LHS, go to 84.
#________ Answer: 2 #________ Answer: 3

The following dotplot shows the ages of a random A survey asked two questions to see if favorite pet
sample of University of Mississippi students. is associated with sex. The two-way table
summarizes the results of the survey.

cat dog other

male 7 25 3
If the distribution of ages is
female 15 16 9
roughly symmetric… go to 3,
fairly uniform… go to 13,
bimodal with a gap… go to 20, Approximately what percent of the females
skewed right… go to 21, surveyed chose cat? ________ %
skewed left… go to 22.

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 #_________ Answer: 59 #________ Answer: 8

13 adults reading on the beach were surveyed In a normal distribution, what percent of the data
about the number of total books they read in a falls within 1 standard deviation of the mean?
typical summer. The number of books read were:
5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2, 1, 0, 4, 3, 10, 15, 25. Are any of these ________ %
responses outliers as determined by the
interquartile range formula?

If yes, advance to the numeric value of the outlier.

If no, advance to the min value.

#________ Answer: 38 #________ Answer: 22

A survey asked two questions to see if favorite pet The following dotplot shows the ages of a random
is associated with sex. The two-way table sample of University of Mississippi students.
summarizes the results of the survey.

cat dog other

male 7 25 3
female 15 16 9
Find the mean __________ and the median ________ for
Approximately what percent of those who chose this distribution.
dog were male? ________ %
To advance in the circuit, find the smaller value.

#________ Answer: 13 #________ Answer: 0

12 adults reading on the beach were surveyed For an undisclosed year, the American College
about the number of total books they read in a Test (ACT) had an approximately normal
typical summer. The mean number of books read distribution with a mean score of 21 and a
was 5.5. A thirteenth adult was surveyed and said standard deviation of 5.34. Calculate the lowest
she read a whopping 25 books each summer. ACT score which is in the top 2% of the test takers
What is the new mean for the 13 adults? that year.
Be sure to show how you arrived at your answer!

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 #_________ Answer: 68 #________ Answer: 11

The following dotplot shows the ages of a random The distribution of heights in an elementary
sample of University of Mississippi students. school is approximately normal with a mean of 40
inches and a standard deviation of 3.2 inches.
What percent of the heights fall between 38 inches
and 42 inches?

Determine the percentile for Roscoe, a 19-year-old

student surveyed. Round to the nearest whole
number.

#________ Answer: 21 #________ Answer: 25

The following dotplot shows the ages of a random Which of the following values could be the median
sample of University of Mississippi students. for this distribution? 0, 8, 11, 30

Determine the third quartile for this data set.

#________ Answer: 61 #________ Answer: 9

The back-to-back stem plot shows the years of Determine the interquartile range for the
teaching experience at Lafayette middle school cumulative relative frequency graph:
(LMS) and Lafayette High School (LHS) for ten
randomly selected teachers at each school.

What is the interquartile range (IQR) for LMS?

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 #_________ Answer: 30 #________ Answer: 75

24 adults reading on the beach were surveyed A z-score of “1" corresponds to what percentile?
about the number of total books they read in a
typical summer. Below are the summary statistics
for the data.

Write several sentences to describe the

distribution. Make sure to use context and include
shape, potential outliers, center, and variability.
Choose the proper measures for center and
variability based on the shape of the distribution.
The best responses will need the cell to the right
for some of their sentences.

#________ Answer: 32 #________ Answer: 60

Ms. Cornelius added 7 points to each of her 20 The distribution of heights in an elementary
students’ statistics test scores. Which of the school is approximately normal with a mean of 40
following did not change? inches and a standard deviation of 3.2 inches.
(Check each box that applies.) What percent of the heights are at least 44 inches?
Be sure to show how you arrived at your answer!
The shape of the distribution.
The center of the distribution.
The variability of the distribution.

Sum the number of boxes you checked and then

multiply that result by 15. Search for that answer.

#________ Answer: 84 #________ Answer: 47

A third-grade reading test has a mean of 47 and a A distribution is skewed left. Which of these is
standard deviation of 4.2. Calculate the z-score for true?
a test grade of 55. Z-score: ___________. To advance
in the circuit, search for the tenths place. mean > median (go to 32)
mean < median (go to 0)

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