The book in the center is 276 pages long. What is the mean number of pages of the 3 books?
Record an estimate that is:
too low
about right
too high
Explain your reasoning.
12.2
Activity
The Better Option
Choose the best option based on the given data. Use a measure of center and measure of variability to justify your answers.
Participants’ ages at Camp A
Participants’ ages at Camp B
mean: 11.93 years
mean absolute deviation: 1.65 years
Servers’ tip amounts at Restaurant A
mean: $15
mean absolute deviation: $1.5
Servers’ tip amounts at Restaurant B
Which camp would you prefer to work for? Explain your reasoning.
Which camp would you prefer to attend? Explain your reasoning.
At which restaurant would you want to be a server? Explain your reasoning.
12.3
Activity
Notice and Wonder: Preschool Heights
Mai and Tyler both visit the same preschool classroom and measure the heights of people in the room in inches. The summary of their results is shown in the box plot and statistics.
Mai's results
mean: 35.2 inches,
mean absolute deviation: 3.24 inches
Tyler's results
mean: 39.3 inches,
mean absolute deviation: 7.19 inches
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Glossary
None
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