2018, Question 5 · 4 points
Teaching experience at two high schools
Match each school to its median using the histograms, combine two groups to find an overall mean, and use the histogram to find the chance a teacher falls within one standard deviation of the mean.
This exam had six free-response questions, each scored from 0 to 4. Its Question 6, the Investigative Task, is no longer part of the exam. The current exam has 4 free-response questions in 90 minutes. The skills these questions practice still count.
1 Read the question
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