Hand Span

Measure your hand span as

indicated in the drawing. Close
right hand and lay it on a metric
ruler. Measure from thumb
knuckle to hand bone at the
base of your pinky fnger to the
nearest cm. Record your gender
and hand span on the small
sheet of paper.
Hand Span Data
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Gender: _____ Span: _____cm Gender: _____ Span: _____cm
Name __________________________________ Hand Span Data
DIRECTIONS: One other paper work solutions/answers to the following 10
questions.
. Using the hand span data, create a back-to-back stem plot comparing gender.
!. Create parallel box plots for comparing hand spans by gender. Note the fve-
number summary on the box plot and label needed information.
". Calculate the boundaries for potential outliers for each data set by gender. Are
there any?
#. Calculate the standard deviation and mean of each set of data by gender.
$. Create an appropriate histogram.
%. Are there any gaps in the stem plot or histogram?
&. Are there any clusters in the stem plot or histogram?
'. Describe the overall shape of the stem plot and histogram?
(. What advantage is there to the stem plot over the histogram?
). What advantage is there to the histogram over the stem plot?