Data Interpretation and Statistics · Data

Cumulative Frequency and Box Plots

Comparing datasets using measures of central tendency and spread like the interquartile range.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why is the median often a better representative of a population than the mean?
  2. 2How do box plots allow for a quick visual comparison of two different distributions?
  3. 3What does the steepness of a cumulative frequency curve tell us about the data spread?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

GCSE: Mathematics - Statistics
Year: Year 11
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Data Interpretation and Statistics
Period: Data

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