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Dot Plot Data Analysis

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Dot Plot Data Analysis

Students analyzing dot plots

🎯 WALT: Compare data sets using dot plots

Success Criteria: I can identify similarities and differences between data sets shown in dot plots.

📊 Part 1: Reading Dot Plots

Dot Plot A: Favourite Fruits in Room 5

Apples: • • • • • • •
Bananas: • • • •
Oranges: • • • • • •
Grapes: • • •

1. How many students chose apples as their favourite fruit?

Answer: _______ students

2. Which fruit was chosen the most? (This is called the mode)

Apples

Bananas

Oranges

Grapes

3. How many students were surveyed in total?

Answer: _______ students

🔍 Part 2: Comparing Two Data Sets

Dot Plot B: Favourite Fruits in Room 6

Apples: • • • •
Bananas: • • • • • • • •
Oranges: • • •
Grapes: • • • • •

4. Compare the two dot plots. Which fruit is most popular in Room 6?

Answer: _____________

5. Which statements are true when comparing both rooms? (Tick all that apply)

Both rooms like apples

Room 5 likes apples more than Room 6

Bananas are more popular in Room 6

Both rooms surveyed the same number of students

6. What is one similarity between the two data sets?
7. What is one difference between the two data sets?

🏃‍♂️ Part 3: Sports Data Analysis

Dot Plot C: Favourite Sports

Rugby: • • • • • • • • •
Netball: • • • • • •
Cricket: • • • •
Swimming: • • • • • • •
Soccer: • • • • • • • • • • •

8. What is the range of this data? (Highest number minus lowest number)

Range = _______ - _______ = _______

9. If you were organising sports equipment for this class, which sport would you need the most equipment for? Explain your thinking.
10. Write one conclusion you can draw from this sports data using the sentence starter:

"Based on this dot plot, I can conclude that _________________________________ ________________________________________________________________."

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