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Grade 12

Comparing data

Interactive practice questions

The median house price in Humbleton is $\$950000$$950000 with a mean price of $\$1000000$$1000000 and the median house price in Brockway is $\$950000$$950000 with a mean price of $\$880000$$880000.

a

Which town is most likely to have some very expensive houses?

Brockway

A

Humbleton

B
b

Which of these statements supports your answer?

mean $>$> median

A

mean $<$< median

B
Easy
< 1 min

The beaks of two groups of bird are measured, in mm, to determine whether they might be of the same species.

Easy
4 min

The ages of employees at two competing fast food restaurants on a Saturday night are recorded. Some statistics are given in the following table:

Easy
2 min

Two Science classes, each with $20$20 students, were given a $10$10 question True/False test. The results for each class are shown below.

Medium
4 min
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12D.D.1.5

Interpret statistical summaries to describe the characteristics of a one-variable data set and to compare two related one-variable data sets; describe how statistical summaries can be used to misrepresent one-variable data; and make inferences, and make and justify conclusions, from statistical summaries of one-variable data orally and in writing, using convincing arguments

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