Choosing Appropriate Data Displays

Which display allows you to tell the mode of the data?

• Dot Plot

• Box Plot

Which display allows you to easily find the median of the data?

• Dot Plot

• Box Plot

A survey compared different brands of hair shampoo. Brand A: 35. Brand B: 12. Brand C: 42. Brand D: 24. Brand E: 8. Brand F: 11. What type of display compares the number of responses best?

• Box Plot

• Line Plot

• Bar Graph

• Histogram

Mr. Vincent's math class has the following quiz: 70, 70, 75, 80, 100, 85, 85, 65, 75, 85, 95, 90, 90, 100, 85, 90, 90, 95, 80, 85, 90, 85, 90, 75. What is the most appropriate type of display to allow you to count the number of students with a score of 85?

• Dot Plot

• Bar Graph

• Box Plot

• Line Graph

Which is the best display for the favorite cafeteria lunch item of sixth-grade students?

• Bar Graph

• Box Plot

Which is the best display for the temperature from 6 A.M. to 12 P.M.?

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

Which type of display is most appropriate for the median age of people who voted in an election?

• histogram

• box plot

• line graph

What is the most appropriate type of display for the Water Area of South American Countries if the data are: Argentina 46,710; Bolivia 15,280; Chile 12,290; Ecuador 6,720; Guyana 18,120; Paraguay 9.450; Peru 5,220; Venezuela 30,000.

• Bar Graph

• Line Graph

• Dot Plot

Which is an appropriate display to show the spread of 150 test scores for Mrs. Hansen’s last science test?

• Bar Graph

• Dot Plot

• Box Plot

• Circle Graph

• Line Graph

Which is an appropriate display to show all of the individual finishing times for 20 runners in a race?

• Bar Graph

• Dot Plot

• Circle Graph

• Line Graph