Data Representation and Analysis Concepts

Data Representation and Analysis Concepts

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

8th - 9th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

FREE Resource

The video tutorial guides students through a Desmos activity involving matching box plots, histograms, and summary statistics. It provides tips for organizing data, explains how to identify skewness and symmetry, and demonstrates advanced techniques for matching data representations. The tutorial concludes with a discussion on summary statistics and their implications for data analysis.

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one tip given for managing the card matching activity?

Increase the browser zoom to 150%

Use a different browser

Print the cards for easier handling

Reduce the browser zoom to 75%

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How are the cards initially organized in the activity?

By color

Randomly placed

By size

Alphabetically

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the suggested order for arranging histograms?

Symmetric on the left, skewed right in the middle, skewed left on the right

Random order

Skewed left on the left, skewed right in the middle, symmetric on the right

Skewed right on the left, symmetric in the middle, skewed left on the right

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What feature of box plots helps identify skewness?

The number of data points

The color of the box

The length of the whiskers

The width of the box

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the mean and median in a skewed distribution?

They remain the same

They become lower

They become higher

They are not affected

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can minimum and maximum values help in matching histograms and box plots?

They show the average value

They help identify the range of data

They indicate the number of data points

They determine the color of the plot

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a higher standard deviation indicate about data spread?

Data is more spread out

Data is more compact

Data is skewed right

Data is skewed left

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which factor is crucial in finalizing matches between data representations?

Color of the plots

Compactness of data

Number of data points

Type of graph used