Dot Plot and Categorical Data

What type of graph is this?

• Stem and Leaf Plot

• Histogram

• Dot Plot

• Bar Graph

Which type of graph is best to show discrete data?

• Stem and Leaf Plot

• Dot plot

• Histogram

• Circle Graph

How many students have blue for a favorite color?

• 11

• 12

• 14

• 17

How do you feel about your understanding of dot plots?

• 🤩 - I could teach dot plots to other students!

• 🙂 - I feel like I understand and can draw a dot plot.

• 😕 - I am very confused and do not know how to draw a dot plot.

Is the information collected during the survey numerical or categorical data?

• Numerical data. I know this because the y-axis is labeled with numbers. 

• Numerical data. I know this because the surveyor counted how many people that they surveyed. 

• Categorical data. I know this because the responses to the survey are names. 

• Categorical data. I know this because each column is a different color. 

Which best describes the dot plot?

• Travel time to Canada.

• Travel time of students to school.

• 50 Canadians

• Minutes

The dotplot shows the results of rolling a pair of 6-sided dice and finding the sum of the up faces 100 times. Describe the peak(s) of the graph.

• Clear peak at 7

• Clear peak at 2

• There are multiple peaks at 6 and 7

• There are no peaks

All of the students are younger than 30 years old.

• Agree

• Disagree