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SAT Statistics Mean Median Mode Range Standard Deviation Practice Questions (Free + Explanations) | Quiz 7

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Question 1 of 5

The mean of the five numbers , , , , and is compared with the mean of the five numbers , , , , and . Which statement must be true?

Explanation

For the first set, the mean is . For the second set, the mean is , so the mean increases. Now compare the medians. In each ordered set, the middle value is the third number: . So the median stays the same. Therefore, the statement that must be true is that the mean increases, but the median stays the same.

Concept summary

Changing one value in a data set can affect the mean and range without changing the median. The mean depends on all values, while the median depends on the middle position in the ordered list.

Question 2 of 5

On a coordinate plane, the points , , , , and are plotted to represent a data set, where each point has an -value and a -value. Let be the standard deviation of the five -values, and let be the standard deviation of the five -values. What is the value of ?

Explanation

The plotted points follow the linear pattern . To compare the standard deviations of the -values and -values, use the fact that adding a constant does not change standard deviation, while multiplying every value by a constant multiplies the standard deviation by the absolute value of that constant.

The -values are .
The corresponding -values are , which can be written as .

Starting from the -values:
- multiplying by gives , so the standard deviation becomes
- adding gives , so the standard deviation stays the same

Therefore, , and

Concept summary

If every value in a data set is transformed by , then the standard deviation is multiplied by and is unchanged by .

Question 3 of 5

A data set consists of the 5 values shown in the table.

The mean of the data set is greater than the median, and the range of the data set is 8. Which statement must be true?

Explanation

Let the data set be . Since the range is 8, the difference between the greatest and least values must be 8.

Start by checking where could be.
- If , then the minimum is 4 and the maximum is , so the range is . This gives .
- If , then the maximum is 10 and the minimum is , so the range is . This gives .

So the range condition leaves only two possible values: or .

Now use the condition that the mean is greater than the median.

If , the ordered data are . The median is the middle value, which is 7. The mean is

Since , this works.

If , the ordered data are . The median is still 7. The mean is

Since is false, this does not work.

Therefore, the only possible value is , so the statement that must be true is .

Concept summary

When several statistics are given together, use each condition to narrow the possibilities. Here, the range gives two possible values for , and comparing mean and median eliminates one of them.

Question 4 of 5

An art museum is designing 5 rectangular display panels, all with the same width. The areas of the panels, in square feet, are 18, 20, 20, 24, and 28. The mean area is 22 square feet, and the standard deviation of the areas is . If each panel's width is doubled while its height stays the same, which of the following is the standard deviation of the new areas?

Explanation

Doubling the width of each rectangular panel doubles its area, because area = width height. So the original areas 18, 20, 20, 24, and 28 become 36, 40, 40, 48, and 56. Every data value in the set has been multiplied by 2. When every value in a data set is multiplied by the same constant, the standard deviation is also multiplied by the absolute value of that constant. Therefore, the new standard deviation is .

Concept summary

If every value in a data set is multiplied by a constant , then the mean and standard deviation are each multiplied by .

Question 5 of 5

The scatterplot shows the number of hours 5 students studied for a quiz and their quiz scores:

What is the median of the quiz scores shown in the scatterplot?

Explanation

The quiz scores are the -values of the plotted points: . These are already in order. Since there are 5 scores, the median is the middle value, which is the 3rd score. The 3rd score is , so the correct answer is .

Concept summary

To find the median, list the data values in order and identify the middle one. For an odd number of data points, the median is the single center value.

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