Question

The table shows data from a survey about the amount of time high school students spent reading and the amount of time spent watching videos each week (without reading):

Reading Video
4 4
4 5
5 6
5 8
5 9
6 10
7 11
8 12
8 14
9 25

Which response best describes outliers in these data sets?
Neither data set has suspected outliers.

The range of data is too small to identify outliers.

Video has a suspected outlier in the 25-hour value.

The 25-hour value for video does not pass the outlier test of 1.5 • (IQR) + Q3.

Answer 1

The table shows data from a survey about the number of times families travel by car or taxi during an average week. The families are either from a rural town (population under 5,000) or a large city (population over 1 million):

Rural Town City
0 0
0 0
1 2
3 2
7 4
7 8
7 10
14 12
14 16
20 20
45 20

Which of the choices below best describes how to measure the center of this data?
Both centers are best described with the mean.

Both centers are best described with the median.

The country data center is best described by the mean. The city data center is best described by the median.

The country data center is best described by the median. The city data center is best described by the mean.