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Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 6

Standard 4.0 Knowledge of Statistics

Topic A. Data Displays

Indicator 1. Organize and display data

Objective a. Organize and display data to make frequency tables

Assessment limit: Use no more than 5 categories or ranges of numbers and total frequencies of no more than 25

Pascal records the scores from a basketball team's last 24 games, as shown below.

He displays the scores in this frequency table. Pascal's frequency table contains an error.

Which statement best describes the error in Pascal's frequency table?

  1. The 75–79 range has too few scores.
  2. The 80–84 range has too many scores.
  3. The total frequency is too low.
  4. The total frequency is too high.

Correct Answer
C. The total frequency is too low.
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