M6u6 Parent Letter 2017
M6u6 Parent Letter 2017
M6u6 Parent Letter 2017
Statistics
Volume 1 Issue 6
Formula Example 1
The number of wins that a high school lacrosse team had each of the last five seasons is shown in the table below.
Mean
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of Wins 27 18 24 25 12 x
IQR = Q3 – Q1
What number of wins does the team need in season 6 to have a mean of 21 wins for all six seasons?
Symbols
a) 18 b) 20 c) 22 d) 24
Q1 = quartile 1 Example 2
What is the median and interquartile range of the set of data displayed in the box and whisker plot?
Q2 = median
Q3 = quartile 3
Key
Example 1 Example 2
27+18+24+25+12+ x
21=
6 maximum
106+ x minimum Q3 value
21= value
6 Q1
Q2
106+ x median
6 21= 6
6 The median is value is 9. The interquartile range is 5.
126 = 106 + x 106 x
20 = x 126