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Data Plots

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Data Plots

Objective
In this lesson, you will

Knowledge Article: Data Plots


Section: Dot Plots

A dot plot consists of a ______________ _____________ with dots

(or points) positioned above to match the data.

This dot plot shows the data set:


{5, 5.5, 6, 6, 6, 6.5, 6.5, 6.5, 6.5, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9}.

Section: Median
The median is a numerical way of measuring the _____________ of the data. It is the middle value and is a
number that separates _______________ data into halves.

Data Set: {1, 11.5, 6, 7.2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 6.8, 8.3, 2, 2, 10, 1}

To find the median, first ______________ the data from smallest to largest. For this data set, the median is
between the 7th value, ____, and the 8th value, ____. To find the median, ______ these two values and divide
by ____. The median is ____. Half of the values are smaller than 7, and half of the values are larger than 7.

Section: Quartiles
Quartiles are numbers that separate the data into _________________. To find the quartiles, first find the
________________ (second quartile). The first quartile is the middle value of the ________________ half of
the data, and the third quartile is the middle value of the ________________ half of the data. Using the same
the data set, we've already found that the median, or _______________ _______________ , is 7. The lower
half of the data is {1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 6, 6.8}. The middle value of the lower half is ____ which is the ______________
quartile. The upper half of the data is {7.2, 8, 8.3, 9, 10, 10, 11.5}. The middle value of the upper half is 9 which
is the ______________ quartile.

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Exploring Dot Plots
Main features of a dot plot:

• Each dot represents a ____________ __________.


• When the dots are stacked, they represent the ____________________ of that value in the data set.
• Using the same number line, you can ____________________ two or more data sets.

Histograms
A histogram shows the number of data points lying in specified _____________, or _____________, of values.
The choice of the width of the intervals, also known as ____________, depends on the data. The number of
data points, or ________________, of each interval is shown as a _______________ ____________________.

• The data intervals are marked on the ____-axis, and the frequencies of the intervals are plotted on
the ____-axis. The data intervals must not have gaps between them. For example, if the first interval
is 30–60, the next one must be ____–90.
• The histogram shows the frequencies as ________________ bars. The height of each bar corresponds
to the _________________ of the interval.

A histogram shows the number of values falling within a set of intervals, rather than ____________________
__________________. We can understand the ___________ of the distribution better than by just looking at
the list of individual values.

A histogram shows the frequencies of observations falling in


specific intervals of values.

This histogram shows that ____________ students studied


between four and six hours per day.

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Box Plots
In a box plot, the ____________ _____% of a data set is represented by a box. Lines, or whiskers, extend from
this box to the ______________ and ______________ values.

A box plot presents a five-number summary of the data: the smallest value, the ____________ quartile, the
______________, the ______________ quartile, and the largest value.

If the median value is equal to the arithmetic mean of the


data, then the data is evenly, or ___________________,
distributed on both sides of the median.

For the box plot shown at right:


• the smallest value in the data set is 0
• the largest value in the date set is 5
• the median value is 3.5
• the first quartile is 2.5, and the third quartile is 4

Summary
What key information about a data set can be interpreted from a box plot?

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