MA.912.S.3.5Archived Standard

Calculate and interpret the range and quartiles of a set of data.

Remarks

Example: Scores on a recent math test in a certain class were as follows: 77, 84, 91, 50, 75, 95, 62, 83, 85, 78, 68, 92, 74, 81, 92, 98, 83, 73, 100, 71. Find the range of the test scores, and compute the interquartile range (IQR).
General Information
Subject Area: X-Mathematics (former standards - 2008)
Grade: 912
Body of Knowledge: Statistics
Idea: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
Standard: Summarizing Data (Descriptive Statistics) - Learn to work with summary measures of sets of data, including measures of the center, spread, and strength of relationship between variables. Learn to distinguish between different types of data and to select the appropriate visual form to present different types of data.
Date Adopted or Revised: 09/07
Date of Last Rating: 06/07
Status: State Board Approved - Archived

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