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DogBreeds:

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.

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