Lesson 05: Using Dot Plots to Answer Statistical Questions | Unit 8: Data Sets and Distributions

Multiple Choice

Which country has the shortest center of the distribution for the time it takes to get to school?

• Country with a high average travel time
• Country with the longest travel time to school
• Country with most data points over 30 minutes
• Country with the shortest travel time to school is likely the one with the most data points clustered around 0-10 minutes.

Multiple Choice

The dot plots show the time it takes to get to school for ten sixth-grade students from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Which list shows the countries in order of the spread of the distributions, from the least variability to the greatest?

• United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
• Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United States
• New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Australia, United States
• Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, United States

Open Ended

Explain why a rating of 6 is not a good description of the center of this data set.

Multiple Choice

What is the highest score in the class?

• 88%
• 100%
• 13
• 98%

Multiple Choice

How many students received a score in the 80's?

• 2
• 10
• 14
• 27

Multiple Choice

How many total students are in the science class?

• 13
• 6
• 27
• 25

Multiple Choice

How many students had more than 6 candy bars?

• 5
• 2
• 3
• 1