From the
Exploring Data website - http://curriculum.qed.qld.gov.au/kla/eda/
© Education Queensland, 1997
Matching Histograms and Summary Statistics
| Objective: | Students will improve their ability to interpret the information given by summary statistics and in histograms,by matching summary statistics 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 the summary statistics of a
distribution in the right column. They are to match each
set of summary statistics 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 or from the home page of PQRS. |