Question

Noah gathered information on the home states of the swimmers on Team USA. He organized the data in a table. Would a dot plot be appropriate to display his data? Explain your reasoning.This dot plot shows the ages of students in a swimming class. How many students are in the class?

Based on the dot plot, do you agree with each of the following statements? Explain your reasoning.

The class is an adult swimming class.

Half of the students are between 2 and 3 years old.

Answer 1

(1. No) (2. 16) (3. No) (4. Yes)

Explanation:

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Answer 2

1. No; 2. 16; 3. No; 4. Yes

Explanation:

1. Home states of Olympic swimmers

A dot plot compares frequency counts within groups, usually with small sets of data.

Thus, it is great for visualizing quantitative data.

Home states are qualitative data.

It might be better to use a packed bubble chart, especially if more than 20 to 30 states are on the team.

In such a chart, the frequency with which the state name is mentioned would determine the relative bubble size.

It might look like the imaginary chart shown below.

A dot plot would not be appropriate.

2. Number of students

No. of students = 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 2 +1 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 16

3. Is this an adult swimming class?

The ages of the students range from 18 mo to 32 mo.

This is not an adult swimming class.

4. Ages of half the students

Half of 16 students is eight students.

The eight oldest students range in age from 25 mo to 32 mo.

This is between the ages of 2 yr to 3 yr (24 mo to 36 mo), so

Half the students are between 2 yr and 3 yr old.