The student will apply the data cycle (formulate questions; collect or acquire data; organize and represent data; and analyze data and communicate results) with a focus on boxplots.
8.PS.2a
Formulate questions that require the collection or acquisition of data with a focus on boxplots.
8.PS.2b
Determine the data needed to answer a formulated question and collect the data (or acquire existing data) using various methods (e.g., observations, measurement, surveys, experiments).
8.PS.2d
Organize and represent a numeric data set of no more than 20 items, using boxplots, with and without the use of technology.
8.PS.2e
Identify and describe the lower extreme (minimum), upper extreme (maximum), median, upper quartile, lower quartile, range, and interquartile range given a data set, represented by a boxplot.
8.PS.2f
Describe how the presence of an extreme data point (outlier) affects the shape and spread of the data distribution of a boxplot.
8.PS.2g
Analyze data represented in a boxplot by making observations and drawing conclusions
