‘Coppi © Glencoe MeGrew Hs dson of The McCraw Compan, NAME DATE PERIOD (GER study Guide and Intervention Distributions of Data Describing Distributions A distribution of data shows the frequency of each possible data value. The shape of a distribution can be determined by looking at its histogram, Negatively Skewed Symmetric Positively Skewed Distribution Distribution Distribution > s LLL LAE hemo The dare een sted Thema GED Use a graphing calculator to construct a histogram for the data, and use it to describe the shape of the distribution. 13, 38, 18, 20, 40, 22, 44, 24, 43, 39, 26, 28, 30, 43, 44, 33, 35, 32 36, 43, 16, 37, 38, 40, 25, 40, 31, 32, 25, 43, 28, 44, 39, 34, 46, 45 Use a graphing calculator to enter the data into L1 and create a histogram. Adjust the window to the dimensions shown. The graph is high on the right. Therefore, the distribution is negatively skewed. [EL1111t1 1 112, 48 4b 0,1) se Exercises Use a graphing calculator to construct a histogram for the af data, and use it to describe the shape of the distribution. = 1.52, 75, 77, 60, 79, 68, 2.77, 61, 72, 65, 69,62, 8. 46, 41, 45, 48, 49, 31, g 55, BT, 64, 82, 65, 66, 63, 75, 64, 89, 64, 86, 47, 36, 48, 38, 47, 89, 3 70, 89, 88, 67, 71, 72 64, 74, 65, 71, 66, 67 49, 40, 48, 46, 34, 42 s 72, 74, 59, 75, 78, 80, 69, 70, 80, 66, 71, 68, 44, 47, 43, 37, 47, 45, 83, 66, 83, 62, 76, 68, 74, 65, 75, 79, 68, 79, 48, 42, 49, 44, 41, 60, 73, T1, 84, 54, 85, 92 63, 82, 62, 76, 84, 63 33, 43, 46, 87, 40, 43 Chapter 12 7 Glencoe Aigabra 1NAME 7: Dare PERIOD - (BBW study Guide and Intervention cosines Distributions of Data Analyzing Distributions When describing a distribution, use + the mean and standard deviation if the distribution is symmetric, or © the five-number summary if the distribution is skewed. Describe the center and spread of the data using either the mean and standard deviation or the five-number summary. Justify your choice by constructing a box-and-whisker plot for the data. 53, 49, 47, 50, 53, 58, 34, 62, 35, 37, 65, 38, 35, 39, 73, 40, 70, 57 28, 41, 40, 26, 43, 83, 30, 44, 27, 39, 47, 31, 52, 60, 36, 68, 70, 28 Use a graphing calculator to enter the data into L1 and create a box-and-whisker plot. The right whisker is longer than the left and the median is closer to the left whisker. Therefore, the distribution is positively skewed. {25, 78) sc: 5 by (0,51 sol 1 ‘The distribution is positively skewed, so use the five-number {Var Stats summary: The range is 73 — 26 or 47. The median is 42, and half of the data are between 35 and 55. ‘Exercises Describe the center and spread of the data using either the mean and standard deviation or the five-number summary. Justify your choice by constructing a box-and-whisker plot for the data. 1.4, 25, 24, 2, 10, 11, 26, 28, 13, 25, 26, 14, 16, 17, 27, 29, 30, 6, 20, 17, 1, 21, 13, 22, 24, 19, 30, 12, 24, 29, 18, 26, 23, 22, aan 1 2.17, 50, 46, 49, 18, 27, 20, 29, 45, 42, 30, 53, 4, 42, 82, 54, 33, 39, 36, 64 40, 62, 41, 43, 26, 22, 35, 44, 61, 52, 34, 59, 36, 57 2, 6, 57, 38, 58, 23, 47 3.73, 48, 64, 49, 5 9, 78, 59, 82, 57, 70, 59, 83, 7 81, 4 50, 81, 54, 65, 84, 53 , 54, 75, 78, 53, 80, 77, 65, 69, 5: 2, 58, 58, 61, 56 Chapter 12 18 Glencoe Algebra 1 “ou seneducn m0. 94 0 LORD = TMRDEARSAIN @ HEUIICDCopy © GlncoatcGawil a son of Te MeCrawHl Companies e- Ils Practice . Distributions of Data DATE PERIOD _ Use a graphing calculator to construct a histogram for the data, and use it to describe the shape of the distribution. 1. 14, 71, 63, 42, 24,76, «2, 53, 34, 86, 38, 48, 49, 8, 51, 19, 46, 34,77, 37, 69, 54, 64, 52, 36, 39, 37, 58, 45, 58, 30, 55, 47, 74, 59, 43, 76, 56 37, 38, 46, 52, 45, 39 50, 37, 40, 78, 52, 18, 54, 39, 28, 55, 89, 40, 55, 38, 40, 42, 82, 24, 56, 74, 68, 36, 20, 49, 42, 38, 45, 36, 46, 39, 38, 43, 58, 67, 47, 69, 68, 72, 69 85, 41, 49, 43, 52, 34 50, 54, 46, Describe the center and spread of the data using either the mean and standard deviation or the five-number summary. Justify your choice by constructing a box-and-whisker plot for the data. 8, 34, 87, 44, 35 4. 47, 16, 70, 80, 28, 33, 91, 55, 60, 45, 86, 54, 30, 9 9, 71, 84, 66, 45, 93 64, 58, 27, 67, 72, 68, 31, 95, 37, 41, 97, 56, 49, 5. 64, 36, 32, 65, 41, 38, 50, 44, 39, 3 36, 62, 34, 38, 59, 46, 63, 38, 67, 3: 8 Bs Be 6. 40, 39, 37, 26, 25, 40, 35, 84, 26, 39, 42, 38, 26, 25, 34, 88, 41, 34 37, 39, 32, 30, 22, 38, 36, 28, 27, 39, 34, 26, 36, 38, 25, 39, 23, 8 7. PRESIDENTS The ages of the presidents of the United States at the time of their inaugurations are shown. Describe the center and spread of the data using either the mean and standard deviation or the five-number summary. Justify your choice by creating a box-and-whisker plot for the data. 87,61, , 57, 61, 64, 68, 51, 49, 64, 50, 48, 65, 52, 66, 46, 54, 49, 51, 47, 55, 55, 54, 42, 51, 56, 55, 51, 54, 51, 60, 62, 43, 55, 56, 61, 52, 69, 64, 48, 54, 47 Chapter 12 19 64, 29, 51, 31, 34, 31, 39, 40, 41 48, 43, 45, 4T, 34, 36, 28, 60, 22, Glencoe Algebra't Lesson 12-3NAME Date PERIOD as" Practice Distributions of Data Use a graphing calculator to construct a histogram for the data, and use it to describe the shape of the distribution. 1. 52, 42, 46,58, 22,36, 2. 51, 44, 54, 48, 63,57, 3. 42, 19, 24, 14, 55, 21, 49, 23, 50, 44, 25, 28, 58, 46, 55, 51, 63, 52, 51, 36, 22, 16, 32, 18, 48, 45, 54, 50, 18, 38 46, 56, 57, 48, 52, 49 46, 49, 64, 12, 19, 39 40, 34, 53, 42, 16, 44, 50, 56, 61, 51, 45, 52, 17, 20, 85, 52, 23, 17, 50, 42, 45, 50, 25, 47, 58, 55, 62, 55, 60, 53, 25, 33, 18, 26, 17, 24, 83, 48, 49, 36, 49, 39 60, 56, 57, 59, 54, 45 18, 27, 37, 29, 30, 19 Describe the center and spread of the data using either the mean and standard deviation or the five-number summary. Justify your choice by constructing a box-and-whisker plot for the data. 4, 78, 82, 76, 48, 71, 78, 65, 78, 81, 76, 53, 63, 79, 60, 78, 59, 78, 61 70, 68, 70, 58, 45, 72, 78, 86, 73, 77, 80, 60, 75, 84, 67, 79, 70, 75 5. 63, 46, 48, 41, 72, 54, 48, 57, 53, 80, 52, 64, 55, 44, 67,45, 71, 48 61, 45, 74, 49, 69, 54, 50, 72, 66, 50, 44, 58, 60, 54, 48,59, 43, 70 6. 33, 25, 18, 46, 35, 25, 18, 39, 33, 44, 20, 31, 39, 24, 24, 26, 15,28 23, 29, 40, 19, 20, 31, 45, 37, 30, 17, 38, 21, 43, 14, 30, 47, 42, 34 GASOLINE The average prices per gallon of gasoline during the first week of August on the east coast for the past 18 years are shown. Describe the center and spread of the data using either the mean and standard deviation or the five-number summary. Justify your choice by creating a box-and-whisker plot for the data. 105, 1.09, 1.13, 1.17, 115, 0.99, 112, 144, 1.28, 1.34, 149, 1.85, 2.26, 3.00, 2.81, 3.87, 2.51, 2.65, “2 soedog m-ams924 Jo UEP # eNFMEADORUREOIND @ MEIED ‘Chapter 12 20 Glencoe Algebra 1Conpight © GlanconMr il a dso of The Mcraw-t Compa, ne. NAME DATE PERIOD (2B Word Problem Practice. Distributions of Data 1. GOLF Mr. Swatsky’s geometry class's miniature golf scores are shown below. Use a graphing calculator to construct a box-and-whisker plot for the data, and describe the shape of the distribution, 2. AUTOMOTIVE An service station tracks the number of cars they service per day. 40, 47, 37, 42, 48, 31, 50, 41, 17, 43, 96, 45, 21, 43, 45, 23, 49, 50, 48, 26, 42, 48, 95, 52, 27, 51, 31, 44, 95, 27, 46, 99, 93, 50, 45, 50 Use a graphing calculator to construct a histogram for the data, and describe the shape of the distribution. b. Describe the center and spread of the data using either the mean and standard deviation or the five-number summary. Justify your choice. ‘Chapter 12 2 8. COMMUTE The number of miles that Jonathan drove each week during a 15-week period is shown, a. Use a graphing calculator to construct a box-and-whisker plot. Describe the center and spread of the data. b. Jonathan visited four colleges during this period, and these visits account for the four highest weekly totals. Remove these four values from the data set. Use a graphing calculator to construct a box-and-whisker plot that reflects this change. Then describe the center and spread of the new data set, Lesson 12-3 ¢. Calculate and compare the mean and median for the original data set to the mean and median for the data set from part b. Glencoe Algebra 1