From the
Exploring Data website - http://curriculum.qed.qld.gov.au/kla/eda/
© Education Queensland, 1997
Matching Histograms and Boxplots
| Objective: | Students will improve their ability to interpret the information given in a boxplot, by matching boxplots of sample data drawn from different distributions with their associated histograms. |
| Materials: | One worksheet per student or small group. |
| Time: | 20 minutes. |
| Instructions: | Students are given a
worksheet which contains a series of histograms in the
left column and a series of boxplots in the right column.
They are to match each boxplot with its associated
histogram. They need to be able to defend their decisions
in a subsequent whole class discussion. The distribution from which each sample was drawn in given in the solutions, for your interest. Note: the sample data for this worksheet was generated with a nifty little freeware Windows program called PQRS, which is available from the Resources page of the Exploring Data website. |