5.2.

4 Practice: Modeling: Dot Plots, Box Plots, Practice

and Histograms
Mathematics I Sem 2
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Your Assignment: Furry Friends

Choosing a Group of Dogs

Josue and Sara both walk dogs during the week. They each walk 10 dogs in the
morning and 10 other dogs in the afternoon. Select one of the groups to see how
much the dogs in each group weigh. The heavier dogs usually have more energy and
want to take longer walks than the smaller dogs.

Josue's dogs: Sara's dogs:

Morning: Morning:
26, 21, 15, 35, 38, 16, 13, 28, 30, 25 39, 21, 12, 27, 23, 19, 19, 31, 36, 25

Afternoon: Afternoon:
15, 12, 9, 7, 44, 23, 55, 10, 37, 35 15, 51, 8, 16, 43, 34, 27, 11, 8, 39

1. Which dog-walker did you select? Circle one.

Josue Sara

Comparing the Morning and Afternoon Groups

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2. Create frequency tables to represent the morning and afternoon dogs as two sets
of data. Group the weights into classes that range 10 pounds. (4 points: 2 points for
appropriate intervals, 2 points for correctly portraying data)
AM PM
under 10 0 0

10 - 19 3 5

20 - 29 4 1

30 - 39 3 2

40 - 49 0 1

50 - 59 0 1

3. What is the median of the morning (AM) group? What is the median of the
afternoon (PM) group? (2 points: 1 point for each answer)
25 + 26 = 51 = 25.5

15 + 23 = 38 = 9

4. What is the first quartile (Q1) of the morning (AM) group? What is the first quartile
(Q1) of the afternoon (PM) group? (2 points: 1 point for each answer)

AM = Q1 = 16 lb = Q3 = 30 lb

PM = Q1 = 10 lb = Q3 = 37

5. What is the third quartile (Q3) of the morning (AM) group? What is the third quartile
(Q3) of the afternoon (PM) group? (2 points: 1 point for each answer)

Q3 = 30 lb

Q1 = 10 lb

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6. Create a comparative box plot for the morning and afternoon dogs, and label each
with its five-number summary. (6 points: 3 points for the correct form of plot, 3 points
for appropriate labels)

7. What is the interquartile range (IQR) of the morning (AM) group? What is the
interquartile range (IQR) of the afternoon (PM) group? (2 points: 1 point for each
answer)

Am - 13, 16, 25.5, 30, 38

pm - 7, 10, 19, 37, 55

8. The average weights of the dogs are the same for the morning and afternoon
groups. But based on your comparative box plot and the IQRs of the two groups,
which group of dogs do you think would be easier to walk as one group? Why? (2
points: 1 point for answer, 1 point for justification)

Am = 30 - 16 = 14 lb

pm = 37 - 10 = 27 lb

morning group will be easier as there is less variation in weight and size of dogs

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