Displaying Data on Dot Plot

What type of graph is displayed?

• Histogram

• Line Graph

• Dot Plot

• Box Plot

• Scatter Plot

A _______ is a graphic display using a simple scale to compare the frequency within categories or groups.

• Histogram

• Line Graph

• Box Plot

• Dot Plot

A _______ is useful for relatively small sets of data.

• Histogram

• Dot Plot

• Box Plot

• Line Graph

How many students received a score of 94%? 

• 94

• 4

• 1

• 2

What shape is the dot plot for SUV's?

• skewed right

• skewed left

• symmetrical

• none of the above

Identify the set of data that represents the dot plot.

• 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75

• 50, 55, 65, 70, 70, 71, 71, 71, 72, 72

• 50, 55, 64, 70, 71, 72, 72, 72, 73, 73

• 50, 55, 60, 64, 65, 70, 71, 72, 72, 72, 73, 73

Select the statements that are true about the data presented.

• Over half of the people surveyed had at least a 35 minute lunch break.

• The data is skewed left.

• Most people have 40 minute lunch breaks.

• The peak of the data is 35.

• 30 people have 2 lunch breaks.

What does the dot above 8 (circled in red) represent?

• Eight teachers reported sleeping for 1 hour.

• One teacher sleeps at least 8 hours on the weekends.

• At 8 am, one teacher was still sleeping.

• A teacher reported sleeping 8 hours the previous night.

A class of students was asked how many hours each of them spent on homework this week. The data was used to make this dot plot.

Describe the shape of this distribution.

• Symmetric

• Skewed to the right

• Skewed to the left

• Skewed in the center

What would be the best type of graph to display this data?

• histogram

• dot plot

• bar chart

• stemplot