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Practice question

  1. Trip times are [5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 27] minutes. Find the mean and median. Which center and spread measures would you report for typical trips here: mean with MAD, or median with IQR? Explain using the unusual trip.

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Common Core connections

Source labels: 6.SP.A.2–3, 6.SP.B.5c,d. Review the learning goals below to check the fit for your class.

  • 6.SP.A.2 — Describe a distribution
  • 6.SP.A.3 — Measures of center and variation

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