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Interpreting Statistical Data

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Interpreting Statistical Data

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📊 Part 1: Reading Data

1. The table below shows the daily temperature in Auckland for one week in March:

Day: Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun

Temperature (°C): 22 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 20

a) What was the highest temperature recorded?

b) On which day was the lowest temperature recorded?

c) Calculate the mean temperature for the week. Show your working:

2. A school surveyed 30 students about their favourite sport. The results were:

Rugby: 12 students | Netball: 8 students | Football: 6 students | Cricket: 4 students

a) What percentage of students chose rugby as their favourite sport?

30%

40%

12%

50%

b) Which sport is the mode (most popular choice)?

3. The following data shows the number of books read by Year 8 students in one month:

2, 5, 3, 7, 4, 3, 6, 2, 8, 3, 4, 5, 3, 6, 4

a) What is the mode?

b) What is the median? Show how you found it:

📈 Part 2: Making Conclusions

4. A local café recorded their coffee sales over 5 days:

Monday: 45 cups | Tuesday: 52 cups | Wednesday: 38 cups | Thursday: 61 cups | Friday: 74 cups

a) Calculate the mean number of cups sold per day:

b) Based on this data, which statement is most reasonable?

Sales are highest at the beginning of the week

Sales increase towards the weekend

Sales are consistent throughout the week

Wednesday is always the worst day for sales

5. A transport survey found the following about how students travel to school:

Walk: 35% | Car: 28% | Bus: 25% | Bike: 12%

If there are 400 students at the school, how many students walk to school?

6. Look at this rainfall data for Christchurch (mm per month):

Jan: 45mm | Feb: 38mm | Mar: 52mm | Apr: 48mm | May: 65mm | Jun: 71mm

Write two conclusions you can make from this data about rainfall patterns:

🎯 Part 3: Data Analysis Challenge

7. A shop owner wants to decide which day of the week to have a sale. Here's the customer data:

Mon: 67 | Tue: 45 | Wed: 52 | Thu: 71 | Fri: 89 | Sat: 134 | Sun: 98

a) Which day would you recommend for the sale and why?

b) Calculate the difference between the busiest and quietest days:

8. The heights (in cm) of 9 basketball players are: 165, 172, 178, 165, 181, 169, 175, 165, 184

Complete the following:

Mean height:

Median height:

Mode height:

Which measure of central tendency best represents this team's height? Explain:

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