Finding the Center of the USA

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Standards

New Mexico Math Standards

Strand 5: Data Analysis and Probability

5-8 Benchmark 1

3. Use measures of central tendency and spread to describe a set of data.

4. Choose between mean, median and mode to describe a set of data and justify the choice for a particular situation.

5. Determine the quartiles of a data set.

10. Compute the minimum, lower quartile, median, upper quartile, and maximum of a data set

5-8 Benchmark 2

1. Choose and justify appropriate measures of central tendencies (e.g., mean, median, mode, range) to describe given or derived data.

2. Know various ways to display data sets (e.g., stem and leaf plot, box and whisker plot, scatter plots) and use these forms to display a single set of data or to compare two sets of data.

4. Use appropriate technology to gather and display data sets and identify the relationships that exist among variables within the data set.