8.PS.2

The student will apply the data cycle (formulate questions; collect or acquire data; organize and represent data; and analyze data and communicate results) with a focus on boxplots.

8.PS.2.aFormulate questions that require the collection or acquisition of data with a focus on boxplots.8.PS.2.bDetermine the data needed to answer a formulated question and collect the data (or acquire existing data) using various methods (e.g., observations, measurement, surveys, experiments).8.PS.2.cDetermine how statistical bias might affect whether the data collected from the sample is representative of the larger population.8.PS.2.dOrganize and represent a numeric data set of no more than 20 items, using boxplots, with and without the use of technology.8.PS.2.eIdentify and describe the lower extreme (minimum), upper extreme (maximum), median, upper quartile, lower quartile, range, and interquartile range given a data set, represented by a boxplot.8.PS.2.fDescribe how the presence of an extreme data point (outlier) affects the shape and spread of the data distribution of a boxplot.8.PS.2.gAnalyze data represented in a boxplot by making observations and drawing conclusions.8.PS.2.hCompare and analyze two data sets represented in boxplots.8.PS.2.iGiven a contextual situation, justify which graphical representation (e.g., pictographs, bar graphs, line graphs, line plots/dot plots, stem-and-leaf plots, circle graphs, histograms, and boxplots) best represents the data.8.PS.2.jIdentify components of graphical displays that can be misleading.
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