6th Grade FM 10.0 Statistics Day 1 key.notebook
March 30, 2017
Why do we need statistics?
Statistics is the process of collecting, organizing and interpreting data.
Statistical questions are questions that have many different or variable answers.
Statistical Question
Non­statistical question
How many pets do the students in my class have?
What was my math grade?
Mar 22­9:51 AM
What is a dot/line plot?
In games played during a two­week period, a baseball team scored the following number of runs:
12, 3, 8, 1, 1, 6, 10, 14, 3, 6, 2, 1, 3, 2, 7
Mar 22­10:11 AM
What is a stem and leaf plot?
The following are test scores in Mrs. Davis' period 2 class.
What is a histogram?
54%, 87%, 67%, 90%, 100%, 88%, 99%, 65%, 92%, 85%, 30%
A Histogram is a type of bar graph whose bars represent the frequencies of data within intervals. (bars touch)
Frequency Table
Interval
Histogram
Frequency
1­4
Mar 22­10:13 AM
Mar 22­10:17 AM
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6th Grade FM 10.0 Statistics Day 1 key.notebook
March 30, 2017
Your Turn:
In June 2010, opponents of the Boston Red Sox scored the following number of runs:
4, 4, 9, 0, 2, 4, 1, 2, 11, 8, 2, 2, 5, 3, 2, 5, 6, 4, 0
Mar 22­10:19 AM
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