Look at these dot plots. Which statement is true about the two data sets?
What is the median rainfall for the lowland storms?
What is the relationship between the medians?
What is the median rainfall for the highland storms? 12 mm14 mm✔ 16 mm18 mm
What is the mean rainfall for the highland storms? 12.5 mm14 mm✔ 15.27 mm24 mm
What is the range of rainfall for the highland storms? 1618✔ 3032
Which statement is true?
7th-grade median: 15✔ 161720
7th-grade mean: 5th-grade mean: What is the relationship between the means?
Look at these dot plots. Which statement is true about the two data sets?
What is the median rainfall for the highland storms? What is the median rainfall for the lowland storms?
Analyze the dot plots. What is the difference between the medians of the two data sets? mm
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What is the mean rainfall for the highland storms?
What is the range of rainfall for the highland storms? What is the range of rainfall for the lowland storms?
The median rainfall during a spring storm in the lowlands is about 4 mm less than a spring storm in the highlands. The mean rainfall for the lowlands is about 3 mm less than for the highlands. Why is there a difference in the central measures for each data set?
The mean and the median are different because the data for the highlands has more variation than the data for the lowlands. The mean is affected by the outliers in the lowlands data.
Which statement is true?
7th-grade median: 5th-grade median: What is the relationship between the medians?
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