Understanding Frequency Tables and Histograms

Understanding Frequency Tables and Histograms

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics, Science, Other

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

FREE Resource

The video tutorial covers the basics of surveys, frequency tables, and histograms. It explains how surveys collect data from a sample rather than an entire population. The tutorial demonstrates creating a frequency table to organize data and then using that data to construct a histogram. The video provides a step-by-step guide to tallying data, organizing it into a frequency table, and visualizing it with a histogram, highlighting the differences between histograms and bar graphs.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary purpose of conducting a survey?

To ensure everyone has the same opinion

To gather data from a sample of the population

To collect data from every individual in a population

To avoid collecting any data

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a sample in the context of surveys?

A small part of the population used to represent the whole

The entire population being studied

A random selection of data points

A method to avoid data collection

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main function of a frequency table?

To display data in a pie chart

To organize data into categories and count occurrences

To create a line graph

To eliminate data errors

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does a histogram differ from a bar graph?

Histograms have spaces between bars

Histograms are used for categorical data

Histograms are always vertical

Histograms have no spaces between bars

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the vertical axis in a histogram represent?

The categories being measured

The average value of data points

The frequency of data points

The total number of data points

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in creating a frequency table?

Calculating the mean of the data

Listing the categories to be counted

Counting the total number of data points

Drawing a histogram

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the example provided, how many people scored between 80 and 89?

Four

Seven

Three

Two

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