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Frequency tables and dot plots
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Frequency tables and dot plots
Lessons
In this lesson, we will learn:
- Analyze the Frequency Table
- Understand the Dot Plot
- Convert a Frequency Table Into a Dot Plot
- Frequency table: a table showing the data values and their corresponding frequencies.
- Dot plot: a simplified version of a histogram. Each dot represents a value in that particular category.
- Dot plots are not the same as scatter plots:
- Scatter plots have a set of axes whilst dot plots do not.
- Each dot in a dot plot has a value of 1. As for a scatter plot, we need to refer to the axis for the value of a dot.
- IntroductionIntroduction to Frequency Tables and Dot Plotsa)What is a Frequency Table?b)What is a Dot Plot?
- 1.Analyze the Frequency Table
Stephen is doing a questionnaire about what movie genres his classmates like and he has made the following frequency table:Movie genre frequency Comedy 4 Action 1 Horror 7 Sci-fi 2 Thriller 6 a)How many students like horror movies?b)If each student could only pick one genre and all students voted, how many students are there in the class?c)What is the range? - 2.Understand the Dot Plot
The following dot plot shows the number of student(s) who showed up to a daily meeting:
a)How many students were there on Tuesday?b)What is the range?c)How many students showed up during the first 3 days? - 3.Convert a Frequency Table Into a Dot Plot
The below data set shows the average number of subjects each student takes.
4 6 3 3 4 1 3 2 7 4 7 1 3a)Reflect the data set on a frequency table.b)Convert the frequency table from (a) to a dot plot.c)What is the range?