Interpreting Data Displays

Which of the following are accurate descriptions of the distribution below?

• The distribution has a peak from 10 to 15km.

• The distribution has a gap from 25 to 30km.

• None of the above

Sal counted the number of songs on each album in his collection. He then created both a dot plot and a box plot to display the same data (both diagrams are shown below).

Which display makes it clear that none of the albums had 15 songs?

• The dot plot

• The box plot

Sal counted the number of songs on each album in his collection. He then created both a dot plot and a box plot to display the same data (both diagrams are shown below).

Which display makes it easier to find that the interquartile range is 4 songs?

• The dot plot

• The box plot

What is the shape of the distribution shown?

• The distribution is skewed to the left.

• The distribution is approximately symmetrical.

• The distribution is skewed to the right.

Nam owns a used car lot. He checked the odometers of the cars and recorded how far they had driven. He then created both a histogram and a box plot to display this same data (both diagrams are shown below).

Which display can be used to find how many vehicles had driven more than 200,000km (kilometers)?

• The histogram

• The box plot

Nam owns a used car lot. He checked the odometers of the cars and recorded how far they had driven. He then created both a histogram and a box plot to display this same data (both diagrams are shown below).

Which display can be used to find that the median distance was approximately 140,000km?

• The histogram

• The box plot

Which of the following are accurate descriptions of the distribution below?

• The distribution has an outlier.

• The distribution has a peak at 22°C.

• None of the above