Section 1.2 Analyzing Data

Let’s first consider individual data such as quiz scores or hourly wages for different jobs, such as this 1992 data of hourly wages. Manufacturing Mining Construction Transportation Whole Trade Retail Trade Finance Service $11 $15 $14 $13 $11 $7 $11 $11 The range is ____________________________________. For the given info., the range is ________. What does the range tell you about the data? The mean is the _____________________________________________. For the given info the mean is ________. In what instance might the mean not be an accurate describer of a data set? The median of a set of data is _______________________________. If a data set has an even number of values, the median is ___________________________. For the given data, the median is ________. the difference between the max and min 8 How much the data differs. The higher the range, the more it varies average of the data When there is an EXTREME outlier middle # average of the 2 middle #’s Remember, they must be in order first before you can find the median 11

Hint for calc: Push Stat / Push Edit / Push L1 (2 nd number 1) / Quit (2 nd Mode) Push Stat / over to Calc / Push 1-Var Stats / List (2 nd Stat) / L1 (2 nd number 1) / Push Enter To clear the data in L1 Push Stat / Push ClrList / Push L1 (2 nd number 1)

The study of related data is a little more complex and will continue throughout the year. For now, our concern is the geometric shape of the data. The following table shows the % of the GNP spent on health care. Year % In this example, the years represent the ____________ of the relationship and the percentages the ____________. domain (x’s) range (y’s)

Possible geometrical representations (it will never be perfect). LINEAR QUADRATIC EXPONENTIAL Page 28: 1-11 Only find the Mean, Median, Mode and Range for problems 7-10