7.5 Choosing Data Displays

Display that shows change over time

• Line Graph

• Dot Plot

• Box and Whisker Plot

• Histogram

Display that shows frequency of data divided into equal intervals

• Box and Whisker Plot

• Histogram

• Line Graph

Histograms are a special type of

• Box and Whisker Plot

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

Display shows number of items in specific categories [like colors, foods, grades...]

• Bar Graph

• Box and Whisker Plot

• Line Graph

The _____ is a standardized way of displaying the distribution of data based on the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum of the data set.

• Dot Plot

• Histogram

• Box and Whisker Plot

• Line Graph

Changing the scales in a graph can make the data look very different

• True

• False

When comparing two or more sets of data, the scales must be consistent.

• True

• False

What is misleading about this data?

• The y-axis is labeled incorrectly.
• The age ranges are different.
• The title is incorrect

What data display is the best to show the population of the United States divided into age groups?

• Histogram

• Dot Plot

• Scatter Plot

• Box Whisker Plot

What does the squiggly line sometimes used at the beginning of they -axis of a coordinate plane let the reader know?

• A range of numbers was skipped

• The title of the y-axis

• The interval of the y-axis

• The initial number being used on the y-axix