Statistics

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Objective

I can find the mode of a set of data and explain what it means.

Part 1 of 3

Warm-up video

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Part 2 of 3

Practice

7 questions

1

What is 'mode' in statistics? Use an example with hair color to explain.

2

Look at the following data set of the number of siblings each student has: 1, 0, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1. What is the mode of this data set?

Part 3 of 3

Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Here are the scores of students on a quiz: 7, 8, 9, 8, 7, 10, 7, 7, 9, 8. What is the mode of the quiz scores? Explain what the mode tells you about the most common score on the quiz. The number of books read by students in a summer reading program are: 2, 3, 1, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 5. What is the mode of the number of books read? Explain what the mode tells you about the number of books most frequently read by students.

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