How Far Can You Jump??
Directions: Students will collect 2 sets of data regarding how tall they are and
how far they can jump. Data will be represented in 2 histograms and also the
relationship between height and jump will be displayed in a scatterplot. The histogram and scatter plot will then be
used to draw conclusions.
Part 1: Long Jump
Trial 1
Trial 2
Trial 3
Part 2: Class Data
Name
Standing Height (in.)
Long Jump (in.)
Part 3:
Represent Data- Histograms
Part 4: Analyze and Interpret
1. What is the shape of each histogram?
Height
________________________________________________________
Long Jump _____________________________________________________
2. What is the range of the most common long jump? How many people jumped that far?
Mode Jump length: _____________________________
# of People: _________________________________
3. What was the range of the longest jump? What percent of the class jumped that far?
Longest Jump length: _________________________
4. How many people are less than 65” in height?
% of People: _________________________________
# of People: _________________________________
Part 5: Trends and relationships
Construct a scatter plot showing the relationship between height and long jump.
1. What would you consider the correlation to be between standing height and long jump? ______________________________
2. Draw a line of best fit to math your data. Use interpolation, if a person is 78” how far can we expect them to jump?
______________________________
3. If a person jumps 12”, how tall will they be?
______________________________