Algebra II : Basic Statistics

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Algebra II

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Example Questions

Example Question #321 : Basic Statistics

Ms. Anderson's class scored the following on her test: 

What is the mode for this data?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mode is the value that shows up the most often in a set of data.

73 appears 3 times, where no other value appears as often.

Therefore, 73 must be the mode.

Example Question #322 : Basic Statistics

Jason received his scores from the semester. On the last 10 projects, he scored  (out of 10 points). What is the mode of this data?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mode is the number that is found most often.

In this case, 8 is found 4 times, 9 is found 2 times, 10 is found 2 times, 3 is found once, and 5 is found once.

Thus, 8 is the mode.

Example Question #323 : Basic Statistics

Find the mode in the data set:  

Possible Answers:

No mode.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mode is the number that occurs most frequently in the data set.  

The only number that is repeated in this data set is .

The correct answer is:  

Example Question #324 : Basic Statistics

Find the mode:  

Possible Answers:

No mode.

Correct answer:

No mode.

Explanation:

The definition of mode in a data set is the most frequent number that occurs in that data set.  

Since there is one of each number, there is no number that happens more than once.  Therefore, there is no mode.

The correct answer is:  No mode.

Example Question #325 : Basic Statistics

Find the mode of the following set of numbers:

.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mode of a set is the number that appears most often in the set.

In this case, the number 5 appears the most at 3 times.

Example Question #326 : Basic Statistics

Find the mode of the set:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mode is the most repeated number in the set. To answer this, find the number that occurs the most number of times in the set. For this problem that gives us the answer of 11 for the mode.

Example Question #327 : Basic Statistics

Find the mode of the set:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mode is the most repeated number in the set. To answer this, find the number that occurs the most number of times in the set.

For this problem that gives us the answer of 89 for the mode.

Example Question #328 : Basic Statistics

Find the mode of the set:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mode is the most repeated number in the set. To answer this, find the number that occurs the most number of times in the set.

For this problem that gives us the answer of 33 for the mode.

Example Question #5 : Mode

Find the mode of the set:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mode is the most repeated number in the set. To answer this, find the number that occurs the most number of times in the set.

For this problem that gives us the answer of 16 for the mode.

Example Question #6 : Mode

Find the mode of the set:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mode is the most repeated number in the set. To answer this, find the number that occurs the most number of times in the set.

For this problem that gives us the answer of 22 for the mode.

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