Wednesday, May 19, 2010



Range -The positive difference between the largest and smallest values in a data set.

Eg. 6, 2, 9, 4, 3 - data set

2, 3, 4, 6, 9 - ordered from least to greatest

9 - 2 = 7

The range is 7

Example: -8, -1, -3, -5

-8, -5, -3, -1

(-1) - (8) = 7

The range is 7

outliers-A value that is much smaller or larger than the other data values
A data set may have one or more outliers or no outliers

* It's like,finding something that doesn't belong

Find the range of the following

a) 7, 4, 3, 6, 2, 5, 8, 3

2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

8 - 2 = 6

The range is 6


b) 11, 8, 8, 5, 7, 6, 7, 6, 6

5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 11

11 - 5 = 6

The range is 6


c) -4, 3, -1 , 0, 2

-4, -1, 0, 2, 3

3 - (-4) = 7

The range is 7


Find the outliers of the following

a) 18, 19, 79, 17, 20, 12 - 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 79 - The range is 79

b) 14, 14, 16, 15, 1, 16 - 1, 14, 14, 15, 16, 16 - The range is 1

c) 98, 202, 99, 91, 2, 95, 89, 88, 94 - 2, 88, 89, 91, 94, 95, 98, 99, 202- The range is 2 and 202


24 comments:

  1. Good Job Lara! Next time add videos and some colour. Keep up the Goodwork!

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  2. Good Job Lara. Your blog was very understandable and organized, next time you may want to add video, and link. overall great work. (:

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  4. Good job Lara! Next time add a video.

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  5. Oh! and I just noticed now, on the last part, the question is asking to find the outliers but you put the range.

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  6. GOOD JOB LARA!!! Next time try to edit your post carefully so you'll avoid mistakes.

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  7. Good job Lara! just add a video next time

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  8. Good job lara, next time add a video and more colours, not just purple (:

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  9. Good Job Lara!! but next time add a video

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  10. Good Job Lara! I like your colors, fonts and everything! Keep it up!

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  11. Good Job , Next time add more colours and maybe a link.

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  12. GOOD JOB LARA!!! Next time try to edit your post carefully so you'll avoid mistakes.
    Keep it up!!

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  13. its awsome that u didn't just make a "chooo,chooo"train but i didn"t see a link or a video so u should include that next time

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