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QuestionEach dot in the following dot plot represents the number of chocolate chips in a single cookie in that box. a. Find the median of the data set:
Answer: Blank 1 b. Find the range of the data set:
Answer: Blank 2 c. Find the interquartile range:
Answer: Blank 3

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

What is this asking? We need to find the median, range, and interquartile range of the number of chocolate chips in cookies based on a dot plot. Watch out! Don't forget that each dot represents a cookie, so count them carefully!
Also, remember the difference between the range and the interquartile range.

STEP 2

1. Arrange the Data
2. Find the Median
3. Find the Range
4. Find the Quartiles
5. Calculate the Interquartile Range

STEP 3

Let's **write out** all the chip counts, remembering each dot is a cookie!
We have: 1,2,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,5,6,7,91, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 9.
There are **13** data points in total.

STEP 4

Since we have an **odd number** of data points (1313), the median is simply the middle value.
We can find the middle value by counting (13+1)/2=7 (13 + 1) / 2 = 7 .
The **7th value** in our ordered list is **4**, so the median is 44.

STEP 5

The range is the difference between the **largest** and **smallest** values.
Our largest value is 99 and our smallest is 11.
So, the range is 91=8 9 - 1 = 8 .

STEP 6

To find the interquartile range, we first need the **first quartile (Q1)** and the **third quartile (Q3)**.
Q1 is the median of the lower half of the data, and Q3 is the median of the upper half.

STEP 7

Since our dataset has 1313 values, the median, which is 44, is the 7th value.
The lower half of the data consists of the **first six values**: 1,2,3,3,4,41, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4.
Since there are an **even number** of values, the median is the average of the middle two: (3+3)/2=3(3 + 3) / 2 = 3.
So, Q1 is 33.

STEP 8

The upper half of the data consists of the values after the median: 4,4,5,5,6,7,94, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 9.
Again, there are an **odd number** of values, so the median is the middle value, which is 55.
So, Q3 is 55.

STEP 9

The interquartile range (IQR) is the difference between Q3 and Q1: IQR=Q3Q1=53=2 \text{IQR} = Q3 - Q1 = 5 - 3 = 2 .

STEP 10

a. Median: 44 b. Range: 88 c. Interquartile Range: 22

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