Ticket out the Door


1. Describe a situation in which it would be valuable to obtain data in order to make a decision.

 

2. Compare and contrast line plots and tables as a means of reporting data. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

 

3.Develop a survey and collect data on the Monday night television viewing habits of your classmates. Make a line plot of the data. Compare your class findings to those of another class and to a media ratings chart from a magazine or newspaper. What conclusions can you draw? (Worth 5 BONUS points and due tomorrow).

 

State the scale you would use to make a line plot for the following data. Then draw the line plot.

4. 50, 50 , 30, 30, 20, 10, 60, 40

 

5. 52, 43, 67, 69, 37, 76

 


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