Describing Distributions

Describe the Shape of the Distribution.

• Multimodal and roughly symmetric

• Approx. Normal

• Bimodal and skewed right

• Unimodal and skewed right

Which measure of center should you use?

• Mean

• Median

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

Describe the Shape of the Distribution.

• Multimodal and roughly symmetric

• Unimodal and roughly symmetric

• Bimodal and skewed left

• Bimodal and roughly symmetric

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

Describe the Shape of the Distribution.

• Unimodal and roughly symmetric

• Unimodal and skewed left

• Unimodal and skewed right

• Bimodal and roughly symmetric

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Which measure of center should you use?

• Mean

• Median

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

Describe the Shape of the Distribution.

• Unimodal and roughly symmetric

• Unimodal and skewed right

• Unimodal and skewed left

• Bimodal and roughly symmetric

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

Describe the variability of the distribution.

• There is little variation from 1 to 6, so the range is 5.

• The distribution is spread from 10 to 60.

• The number of birds varies from 13 to 67, a range of 54.

• The variation in the number of leaves is 1 to 6 per stem.

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

Describe the Shape of the Distribution.

• Unimodal and roughly symmetric

• Unimodal and skewed right

• Unimodal and skewed left

• Bimodal and roughly symmetric

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

Given the dot plot's shape, what measure of variability should be used?

• Mean

• Median

• Standard Deviation

• IQR

Given the dot plot's shape, what is the approximate center?

• 1

• 5

• 6

• 4