Remarks
Students should make frequency tables for numerical or categorical data, grouping data in different ways to investigate how different groupings describe the data.
This is the first time in 2007 Florida mathematics standards that students are expected to use mean, median, mode, and range in a formal sense to describe a set of data.
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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
MC
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GR
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- Clarification :
Students will determine the mean, median, mode, or range for a given set of data. - Content Limits :
Items may include data presented in a table, line plot, bar graph, double bar graph, or line graph.The number of data points may not exceed ten when the median or mode is being determined.
The number of data points may not exceed six when the mean is being calculated.
Items may include the use of frequency tables for numerical or categorical data.
Items may include the use of whole numbers; fractions with denominators of 2, 4, or 10; or decimal values, which may include 0.25, 0.75, or tenths.
- Stimulus Attributes :
Items should be set in a real-world context.
- Test Item #: Sample Item 1
- Question: The table below shows information about the 10 most-collected special edition stamps in the United States as of 1998.
For the stamps listed in the table, what is the median number collected, in millions?
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MC: Multiple Choice
- Test Item #: Sample Item 2
- Question: The bar graph below shows the number of cars sold by each of 5 car salespeople during the same month.
What is the mean number of cars sold during this month for these 5 salespeople?
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: GR: Gridded-Response
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