Lesson 5: 1.5 Displaying Quantitative Data: Histograms

How do we determine the appropriate class width?

How do we label the axes of the histogram?

How can we use statistical measures to quantify the differences between the distributions?

Histogram

HSS.ID.A.1
Represent data with plots on the real number line (dot plots, histograms, and box plots).

Students will be able to create histograms to represent quantitative data.

Students will be able to compare the distributions of two or more data sets using histograms.

How diverse is your state? (Example pg 43)

Not spacing between bars

For advanced students: Provide more complex data sets and challenge them to analyze the data in greater depth.

For struggling students: Provide additional support and simplified data sets.

Teacher assigns examples from the textbook and other resources.

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