Investigation Notebook and Reflection Journal (3057.0K)
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<strong>Investigation</strong> 2<br />
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4. Vocabulary Write Yes or No to tell whether each statement<br />
about mean is correct.<br />
The mean is the value that occurs most often in a set<br />
of data.<br />
Another word commonly used for mean is average.<br />
To find the mean, you add all the values in a set <strong>and</strong><br />
divide by the total number of values.<br />
The mean is the middle value in a set of values.<br />
Develop & Underst<strong>and</strong>: B<br />
5. Ten students sold gift wrap for a club fundraiser. They sold the<br />
following numbers of gift wrap packages.<br />
24 13 17 15 8 21 9 12 15 19<br />
Find the mean for the numbers of gift wrap packages sold.<br />
6. Describe a situation where knowing the mean for a set of<br />
information would be useful.<br />
<strong>Investigation</strong> 3<br />
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Develop & Underst<strong>and</strong>: B<br />
7. Tell whether mean or median would be the best statistic to use<br />
for the data below. Explain why you made your choice.<br />
a. the average score on a test<br />
b. the average salary of a large company<br />
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