Multivariate books

What was our question?

• For the Flaxmere College library books we picked, do fiction books tend to have more pages than non-fiction books?

• Are fiction books more fun to read?

• library books

• Are fiction books always longer than non-fiction books?

What was our numerical variable?

• number of pages

• fiction or non-fiction

• Flaxmere College

• 0 1 2 3 4 5

What was our categorical variable?

• number of pages

• fiction or non-fiction

• 0 1 2 3 4 5

• age of author

What is another word for fiction or non-fiction?

• ranking

• date

• age

• genre

What type of graph is this?

• bar graph

• pie graph

• dot plot (with box plot)

• scatter graph

What do you call the middle number of a list of numbers?

• median

• maximum

• minimum

• lower quartile

What do you call the lowest number of a list of numbers?

• median

• maximum

• minimum

• lower quartile

What do you call the highest number of a list of numbers?

• median

• maximum

• minimum

• lower quartile

When you answer your question For the Flaxmere College library books we selected, do fiction books tend to have more pages than non-fiction?, what are our 2 categories?

• boys and girls

• male author and female author

• fiction and non-fiction?

• Flaxmere and Boys High

When you answer your question For the Flaxmere College library books we selected, do fiction books tend to have more pages than non-fiction?, which value to you refer to in your answer?

• minimum

• maximum

• median

• upper quartile