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
- 1Why is the median often a better representative of a population than the mean?
- 2How do box plots allow for a quick visual comparison of two different distributions?
- 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
Suggested Methodologies
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