6.8 Practice Day 2

In this Practice Day, students practice what they’ve learned so far in this unit, with extra attention on topics from the more recent lessons. Note: This lesson is optional.

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Learning goals: Learning Goals • Create a dot plot to visualize a data set. (Lesson 3) • Compare and contrast dot plots, paying attention to the center and spread of each data set. (Lesson 4) • Calculate the mean of a data set. (Lesson 7) • Calculate the mean absolute deviation of a data set. (Lesson 9) • Use mean and mean absolute deviation to compare real-world data sets. (Lesson 10) • Explain how the shape of a data set affects its mean and median. (Lesson 12) • Identify and interpret the quartiles of a data set i.e., the first quartile (Q1), median (Q2), third quartile (Q3). (Lesson 13) • Create a box plot to visualize a data set. (Lesson 14) • Calculate the range and interquartile range (IQR) of a data set. (Lesson 14) • Use box plots to compare and contrast data sets. (Lesson 15)