2-5 Statistics: Displaying and Analyzing Data

Anticipatory Set:
Find each quotient
1. 60 / (-15)
2. -16.8 / (-3)
Simplify each expression
3. (64x)/4
4. (7w - 28)/(-7)
5. Hank used a total of 5 5/8 cups of sugar to make 3 identical cakes. How much sugar did he use for each cake?
6. If (-40)/(-10) = n, what is the value of 10n - 4?


Lesson Notes

Line Plot: visual representation of frequencies in the data
Frequency: how often a value occurs in the data.

Create a Line Plot:
   Step 1: Find the range of data
   Step 2: Construct a number line
   Step 3: Put an x above the number of times the value occurs

Example 1:
A. Draw a line plot for the data
    11, -2, 10, -2, 7, 2, 4, 9, 0, 6, 9, 7, 2, 0, 4, 10, 7, 6, 9


B. use the line plot to determine which value occurs most frequently

Stem and Leaf Plot:
   stem: greatest common place
   leaf: remaining part of value

Class Example

Example 2: Create a stem and leaf plot for the following data

85 115 126 92 104 107 78 131 92 116
100 121 123 131 88 97 99 116 90 110
108 93 84 75 70 130 79 114 85 129


Back-to-back stem-and-leaf plots
* done the same way, but the leaves are on both sides of the stem
* each side representing a different set of data
* used to compare sets

Example 3:
a) Make a stem-and-leaf plot to compare the data
b) Which city has higher temperatures?

Monthly Average High Temperatures
Dallas Atlanta
54 59 68 77 50 55 64 72
83 91 95 95 75 85 88 87
87 78 66 57 81 72 63 54

Measures of Central Tendency
Mean: sum of values divided by the total number of values (average)
Median: middle value
Mode: value occuring the most often

Example 4: Which measure of central tendency best represents the data?

Stem Leaf
4 1 1 2 4 4 5 8
5 0
6 2 5 7
7 3 9
8 1

Homework: WS 2-5 Practice

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