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Suppose we wanted to know the
average GPA of high school
graduates in the nation this year.
• Create a graph
• State the range of GPAs
• Calculate the average GPA
GPA Continued:
Suppose we wanted to know the
average GPA of high school graduates
in the nation this year.
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univariate data
How to construct
– Draw a horizontal line; write the categories or
labels below the line at regularly spaced
intervals
– Draw a vertical line; label the scale using
frequency or relative frequency
– Place equal-width rectangular bars above each
category label with a height determined by its
frequency or relative frequency
Bar Chart (continued)
What to Look For
Frequently or infrequently occurring
categories
How to construct
– Draw a horizontal line and mark it with an
appropriate numerical scale
– Locate each value in the data set along the scale
and represent it by a dot. If there are two are
more observations with the same value, stack the
dots vertically
Dotplot (continued)
What to Look For
– The representative or typical value
– The extent to which the data values spread out
– The nature of the distribution along the number line
– The presence of unusual values
Collect the following data and then display the data in a dotplot: