Dot Plots

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What is a dot plot?

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A dot plot is a statistical chart that uses dots to represent the frequency of data points in a dataset.

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What does it mean if a dot plot is skewed right?

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A dot plot is skewed right when the tail on the right side is longer or fatter than the left side, indicating that more data points are concentrated on the left.

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What does it mean if a dot plot is skewed left?

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A dot plot is skewed left when the tail on the left side is longer or fatter than the right side, indicating that more data points are concentrated on the right.

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What does it mean if a dot plot is symmetrical?

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A symmetrical dot plot has equal tails on both sides, indicating that the data is evenly distributed around the center.

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What is the median in a dataset?

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The median is the middle value when all the scores are arranged in order.

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How do you find the mode of a dataset?

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The mode is the value that appears most frequently in a dataset.

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What is the range of a dataset?

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The range is the difference between the highest and lowest values in a dataset.

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What is the greatest amount of time a student spent doing homework if the data shows 1, 2, 6, and 10 hours?

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10 hours.

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If a dot plot shows the values 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, what is the mode?

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2.

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What is the purpose of a dot plot?

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A dot plot visually displays the distribution of data points, making it easy to see patterns, trends, and outliers.