MA19.6.24

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 6

MA19.6.24
Represent numerical data graphically, using dot plots, line plots, histograms, stem and leaf plots, and box plots.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

How to use graphical representations of real-world data to describe context, center, spread and shape from which they were collected.
Techniques for constructing line plots, stem and leaf plots, dot plots, histograms, and box plots.

Skills

Students are able to:

Organize and display data using dot plots, line plots, stem and leaf plots, histograms, and box plots.
Describe the nature of the attribute under investigation including how it was measured and its unit of measure using the context in which the data were collected.
Describe the shape of numerical data distribution including patterns and extreme values.
Use graphical representations of real-world data to describe and summarize the context from which they were collected.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Sets of data can be organized and displayed in a variety of ways, each of which provides unique perspectives of the data set.
Data displays help in conceptualizing ideas and in solving problems.
The overall shape and other significant features of a set of data, (e.g., gaps, peaks, clusters and extreme values) are important in summarizing numerical data sets.

Vocabulary

Dot plots
Histograms
Box plots
Stem and leaf plots
Line plots
Extreme values
Outliers
Gaps
Clusters
Symmetric
Skewed
Center
Spread
peaks
5 number summary
Minimum
Maximum
Median
lower quartile
Upper quartile

Aligned Learning Resources

Forecasting Statistics

Double-Line Graph StudyJam

Mode StudyJam

Stem-and-Leaf Plots StudyJam

Creating and Interpreting Histograms - Age Distribution of Householders in the United States (Teacher Version)

Design by Adaptive Theme