Describe DistributionsLesson 13.7

Vocabulary – Unit 13

peak symmetry gap cluster lower quartile upper quartile box plot mean absolute

deviation

measure of variability

range interquartile range distribution

Objectives - 13.7 Describe Distributions

Content Objective: IWBAT to describe the distribution of a data set collected to answer a statistical question.

Language Objective: IWBAT write and explain to my partner how to describe the distribution of a data set collected to answer a statistical question.

Essential Question

How can you describe the distribution of a data set collected to answer a statistical question?

Problem of the Day

The ages of people in a karate class are 19, 24, 28, 20, 19, 21, and 27. What is the range of ages?

a. 8 b. 9 c. 19 d. 28

Data Set Practice

7,8,8,14,12,8,7,16,16,8,7,15,14,16,12,8,8,8,13, and 15 years.

Set up axes on grid paper.

“Age” on the horizontal axis.

“Frequency” on the vertical axis.

Create a dot plot