Activity Overview
In this activity, students will discuss and describe the center and spread of a univariate data set by way of a five number summary and visually by a box & whisker diagram. Students will then apply this knowledge to real life applications to enhance their ability to understand this math in statistical data analysis.
Objectives
- Students will organize data and find the Five Number Summary.
- Students will use their handhelds to verify the data analysis that have produced by hand.
- Students will interpret their data analysis using the visual of a Box and Whisker diagram
Vocabulary
- Outlier
- Quartile
- Inter-Quartile Range
- Five Number Summary
- Box and Whisker Diagram
About the Lesson
A univariate set of data is a list of numbers that describes the different value of a variable characteristic across a range of different units. This activity is a great time to lead your students through the process of entering the data on their handheld and showing them how to analyze and discuss both the Five Number Summary and a Box and Whisker Plot.
*Note: This activity includes optional IB support, including the IB Questions download for students who are preparing for the IB Exam.