11.1 WS
Name _______________________
1. Make a dot plot for the data.
7
5
8
15
4
9
10
1
12
8
13
7
11
8
10
2. Make a histogram for the same data. Make your histogram have 5 intervals.
3. Make a box and whisker plot for the same data.
4. Which data set makes it easier to determine the median of the data set? Why?
5. Which data set makes it easier to find how many data values are greater than 7? How many are there?
6. Which data set makes it easier to determine how many data values fall in the interval 10 to 12? How
many are there?
Create the data display (dot plot, histogram, or box and whisker plot) best suited to answer the question.
7. What is the median value of the set?
40
42
49
48
47
32
46
43
43
40
50
34
35
47
42
45
Create the data display best suited to answer the question.
8. How many data values are between 7 and9?
9.6
7.2
11.1
8.4
5.5
11.5
6.1
10.5
8.4
9.2
7.2
8.4
9.1
5.2
14.8
13.5
6.7
7.6
12.5
10.2
9. What is the frequency of the data value 83?
85 81 83 84 83 80
84 86 76 83 82 83
82 82 84 89 85 83
10. Connie knits scarves and sells them online. The table shows the prices of the scarves she sold last
month. At what prices were the middle 50% of the scarves sold? Create a data display that will reveal the
answer. (Yikes! Who would pay $100 for a scarf???)
35
32
60
80
36
90
45
76
96
92
100 120 60
38
75
36
36
100 100 100
95
58
100 85
40