Match each type of data representation to its appropriate description.
Hint: Box & whisker plots are the only graphs that have quartiles.
Dot plot is the only graph that shows each data value.
1. dot plot
2. histogram
3. box plot
a.
suitable for large data sets
shows the spread of a data set, including the spread of the middle half of the data
displays the median, quartiles, and maximum and minimum values
does not show individual data points
b.
suitable for large data sets
shows the shape of data set
does not show individual data points
usually cannot be used to calculate measures of center and spread
c.
shows each data value
shows the shape of the data, including gaps, clusters and extreme data points
can be difficult to make if there are a lot of data values or if the data values are spaced far apart