Day 128: Creating Box Plots

Students in Math 6 and Math 6+ were given data sets. From that, they had to create appropriate box plots. Once the box plot was complete, they had to assign an appropriate title to the graphical representation based on inferences they made regarding the data set.

Skills that were introduced, modeled, practiced, and informally/formally assessed today in class include:

Math 6 and Math 6+:

• Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots (line plots), histograms, and box plots.
• Recognize and formulate a statistical question as one that anticipates variability and can be answered with quantitative data.
• Find the quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) for a numerical data set and recognize that this value summarizes the data set with a single number. 
• Interpret mean as an equal or fair share. 
• Find measures of variability (range and interquartile range) as well as informally describe the shape and the presence of clusters, gaps, peaks, and outliers in a distribution.