Class Group Activities/Projects
Chapter 2 Project: Descriptive Statistics
Descriptive Statistics
Class Time:
Names:
Student Learning Outcomes
- The student will construct a histogram and a box plot.
- The student will calculate univariate statistics.
- The student will examine the graphs to interpret what the data implies.
Collect the Data: Record the number of pairs of shoes you own.
- Randomly survey 30 classmates about the number of pairs of shoes they own. Record their values.
Make five to six intervals. Sketch the graph using a ruler and pencil and scale the axes.
- Calculate the following values.
- [latex]\overline{x}[/latex] = _____
- s = _____
- Are the data discrete or continuous? How do you know?
- In complete sentences, describe the shape of the histogram.
- Are there any potential outliers? List the value(s) that could be outliers. Use a formula to check the end values to determine if they are potential outliers.
Analyze the Data:
- Determine the following values.
- Min = _____
- M = _____
- Max = _____
- Q1 = _____
- Q3 = _____
- IQR = _____
- Construct a box plot of data
- What does the shape of the box plot imply about the concentration of data? Use complete sentences.
- Using the box plot, how can you determine if there are potential outliers?
- How does the standard deviation help you to determine concentration of the data and whether or not there are potential outliers?
- What does the IQR represent in this problem?
- Show your work to find the value that is 1.5 standard deviations:
- above the mean.
- below the mean.