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Dog Breeds: German Shepherd 66.1 88.2 Pounds
Dog Breeds: German Shepherd 66.1 88.2 Pounds
GermanShepherd
66.188.2pounds
Chihuahua
510pounds
Boxer
55.170.5pounds
Poodle
4570pounds
Beagle
2225pounds
SiberianHusky
4560pounds
LabradorRetriever
55.170.5pounds
PUG
1418pounds
CockerSpaniel
2428pounds
Dachshund
1116
PartA
LinePlot:
Thedistributionofthedogstellsmethatmostsmalldogsareinbetween030poundsand
dontweighmuchandthattheirweightsareveryclosetoeachother.Thebiggerdogshavea
lotmoreweightandtheirweightsarealsoveryclosetoeachotherbuttheirweightsarenot
closetothesmalldogs.Thistellsmethatsmalldogsandbigdogshaveweightsthatare
closetoeachother,butasmallandabigdogwonthaveweightsthatareclosetoeachother.
PartB
FrequencyTable
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1630
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3145
4660
6175
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7690
Histogram:
PartC
Advantages:
1. Oneadvantageforputtingourdataonahistogramorlineplotbecauseahistogram
tellshowmanydogshaveacertainweightandalineplottellsyouwhatthedogs
exactweightis.
2. Anotheradvantageisittellsyouwhatdifferenttheweightofdifferentdogsis.
Disadvantages:
1. Foralineplotitcanbehardtotellwhattheweightisandahistogramdoesntshowa
dogsweight,itshowswhereitsweightisbetween.(LikeaBeagleisinbetween1530
pounds).
2. Anotherdisadvantageisthatahistogramonlytellsyouhowmanydogsarehavea
certainweight.
PartD
Thereisonlyoneoutlier.TheGermanShepherdistheoutlierbecauseitistheonlybreedthat
fallsintothe7690weightcategory.Itisanoutlierbecauseitisntnearanyotherdogs
weightanditistenpoundsawayfromthenearestdogsweight.Thusmakingitanoutlier.
PartE
Boxandwhiskerplot:
Question:
Theidealweightofhalfthedogsisatleasthowmanypounds?
Youcanusethedatainaboxandwhiskerplottofindtheidealweightofhalfthedogsby
findingthemedian.Sincetheboxandwhiskerplotalreadyshowsthemediansoyoudont
havetocalculateanythingtofindit.Thisishowyoucanuseittofindtheidealweightofhalf
ofthedogs.Themedianisthelineintheboxplot.However,theboxandwhiskerplotisnot
areasonablebecausetheidealweightofhalfthedogscouldnotbethemediansincethe
medianisnottheidealweightforhalfofthedogs,itisthemidpointofthedatawhichishalfof
theidealweight.
PartF
LineGraph:
Iwouldnotusealinegraphtodisplaythedatabecauseitmightbehardtoseewhichpartof
thelineisshowingaspecificdogsweight.
Dataaboutdogsthatyoucouldshowishowadogsweightchangedinaperiodoftime.
Anotherlinegraphcouldshowhowabreedspopulationgrewinaperiodoftime.