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Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme

Applications and Interpretation | Statistics and Probability

Give me Five

Objectives

  • Students will organize data and find the Five Number Summary.
  • Students will use their handhelds to verify the data analysis that have produced by hand.
  • Students will interpret their data analysis using the visual of a Box and Whisker diagram.

Vocabulary

  • Outlier
  • Quartile
  • Inter-Quartile Range
  • Five Number Summary
  • Box and Whisker Diagram

About the lesson

A univariate set of data is a list of numbers that describes the different value of a variable characteristic across a range of different units. This activity is a great time to lead your students through the process of entering the data on their handheld and showing them how to analyze and discuss both the Five Number Summary and a Box and Whisker Plot.