Dot and Whisker Plots and Data Distribution

Which of the following best describes the shape of the distribution?

• skewed left

• skewed right

• uniform

• symmetrical

The dot plots show the gas mileage, in miles per gallon, for several cars and SUV's. Which type of vehicle has a larger spread?

• Cars

• SUVs

Given that the data is symmetric, which pair of measures should be used to represent the data?

• center: median

  spread: standard deviation

• center: mean

  spread: IQR

• center: mean

  spread: standard deviation

• center: median

  spread: IQR

Describe the shape of the graph.

• skewed

• symmetrical

• uniform

Which city, Nashville or Dallas, has the smallest minimum temperature?

• Nashville

• Dallas

Which city, Nashville or Dallas, has the largest maximum temperature?

• Nashville

• Dallas

Which city, Nashville or Dallas, has the smaller median?

• Nashville

• Dallas

Given the 5 number summary, Find the lower fence.

• 171.5

• 15.5

• 43.4

• 7

Given the 5 number summary, find the upper fence.

• 171.5

• 15.5

• 43.5

• 7

Given the 5 number summary, the minimum is an outlier.

• True

• False