Statistical Variability and Data Distribution · Statistics and Probability

Data Displays

Creating and interpreting box plots, histograms, and dot plots.

Key Questions

  1. 1Which type of graph best highlights the shape of a distribution?
  2. 2How can the scale of a graph be used to mislead an audience?
  3. 3What information is lost when we move from a dot plot to a histogram?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.4CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5
Grade: 6th Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Statistical Variability and Data Distribution
Period: Statistics and Probability

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