The heart rates of eight high school students are listed in beats per minute:

• 72
• 75
• 81
• 76
• 76
• 77
• 79
• 78

1. What is the interquartile range?
    
2. How many values in the data set are:
   1. less than Q1?
       
   2. between Q1 and the median?
       
   3. between the median and Q3?
       
   4. greater than Q3?
       
3. A pod of dolphins contains 800 dolphins of various ages and lengths. The median length of dolphins in this pod is 5.8 feet. What information does this tell you about the length of dolphins in this pod?
4. The same vocabulary test with 50 questions is given to 600 students from fifth to tenth grades and the number of correct responses is collected for each student in this group. The interquartile range is 40 correct responses. What information does this tell you about the number of correct responses for students taking this test?

1. Calculate the MAD using the same data from the previous activity by finding the average distance from each data value to the mean. You may find it helpful to organize your work by completing the table provided.

   data values	mean	deviation from the mean (data value - mean)	absolute deviation |deviation|
   72
   75
   81
   76
   76
   77
   79
   78

   MAD:

2. For another data set, all of the values are either 3 beats per minute above the mean or 3 beats per minute below the mean. Is that enough information to find the MAD for this data set? If so, find the MAD. If not, what other information is needed? Explain your reasoning.

3. Several pennies are placed along a meter stick, and the position in centimeters of each penny is recorded. The mean position is the 50 centimeter mark and the MAD is 10 centimeters. What information does this tell you about the position of the pennies along the meter stick?