Lesson 2: Measures of Center & Variability Webercise

Complete the Webercise by visiting the pages linked to each category of questions and exploring
the sites in order to uncover more information pertaining to todays lesson.

Measures of Center http://lc.gcumedia.com/hlt362v/the-visual-learner/the-visual-learner-v2.1.html
What is the mean of a data set and how is it

calculated?
What is the median of a data set and how do

we determine what it is?
What is the mode of a data set and how do we
find it?
What is a data set called that has two modes?

More than two modes?
Measures of Variability http://lc.gcumedia.com/hlt362v/the-visual-learner/the-visual-learner-v2.1.html
What is the range of a data set and how it is

calculated?

Obtain Data from Census at School https://www.amstat.org/censusatschool/RandomSampleForm.cfm
Use the Random Sampler feature on the
State(s):
Census at School site to obtain data. Choose Grade(s):
10 as your sample size and determine your
Gender(s):
desired population. In the box at right describe Data Collection Year:
the population you chose.
Download the data and chose one quantitative
category to analyze. Write the category you
chose in the box to the right and input the data
in the 10 boxes below. (note: please chose a category
that has data for all ten people)

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Using the data above calculate the following:
Mean:
Median:
Mode:
Range:





Check your work! http://www.alcula.com/calculators/statistics/dispersion/
Use the Statistics Calculator to check your answers. Include all data and note the answers given
by the calculator in the corresponding boxes.

Creating your Survey https://support.google.com/docs/answer/87809?hl=en

1. Follow the directions to create a Google

Sheets Survey using the survey question you
have chosen to use for your project. (note: please
use your school email address when creating the survey).

2. Once your survey is complete please share it

with Ms. Starbeck
Obtaining your Survey Data
If you choose to use the Google Sheets survey as your sampling method you may now share the
survey with the people you wish to survey. If your population is the entire seventh grade,
sending the survey to the students in this class would be a great place to start. If you would like
to conduct in-person interviews you may begin doing so now, if the students in this class are a
part of your target population.

HW Due Next Monday: Please record your survey results below (you need 25 responses to
receive full credit). Once you have all of your data, calculate the mean, median, mode and range
for your data set. You must show your work for these calculations, but you may check your
answers using the Statistics calculator.
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Mean:
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Range: