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Display numerical data in plots on a number line

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Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.

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Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.

What you'll learn

  1. Construct a **dot plot** from a small numerical data set, with every value placed correctly on the number line.
  2. Construct a **histogram** from a numerical data set by choosing equal-width bins, tallying counts, and drawing bars whose heights represent counts.
  3. Compute the **five-number summary** (minimum, Q1, median, Q3, maximum) of a data set and use it to construct a **box plot**.
  4. Read center, spread, and shape from each plot type.
  5. Choose the most informative plot type for a given data set, given the size of the data set and the question being investigated.

Slides

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Dot plots and histograms

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Box plots and choosing plots

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