Laila wants to create a data display to clearly show the median salary, the highest salary, and the lowest salary of the 685 employees at her company. She is trying to decide whether she should create a dot plot, a box plot, or a histogram of the salaries. A sample of the data is shown below. $25,745; $26,512; $27,322; $27,750; $29,820; $32,500; $35,448; $52,020; $63,485; $87,167

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Laila wants to create a data display to clearly show the median salary, the highest
salary, and the lowest salary of the 685 employees at her company. She is trying to
decide whether she should create a dot plot, a box plot, or a histogram of the salaries.
A sample of the data is shown below.
$25,745; $26,512; $27,322; $27,750; $29,820; $32,500; $35,448; $52,020; $63,485; $87,167
Which graph should Laila choose? Explain your reasoning by completing the sentences. Click the
arrows to choose an answer from each menu.
A dot plot Choose...
A box plot
would display the median, minimum, and maximum clearly
A histogram
Choose...
So, Laila shou
would display the median, minimum, and maximum clearly
cannot be used to determine the median
would not work well because there are too many values
Copyright 2022 by Curriculum Associates. All rights reserved. These materials, or any portion thereof, may not be reproduced or shared in any manner without express written consent of Curriculum Associates.
Transcribed Image Text:Laila wants to create a data display to clearly show the median salary, the highest salary, and the lowest salary of the 685 employees at her company. She is trying to decide whether she should create a dot plot, a box plot, or a histogram of the salaries. A sample of the data is shown below. $25,745; $26,512; $27,322; $27,750; $29,820; $32,500; $35,448; $52,020; $63,485; $87,167 Which graph should Laila choose? Explain your reasoning by completing the sentences. Click the arrows to choose an answer from each menu. A dot plot Choose... A box plot would display the median, minimum, and maximum clearly A histogram Choose... So, Laila shou would display the median, minimum, and maximum clearly cannot be used to determine the median would not work well because there are too many values Copyright 2022 by Curriculum Associates. All rights reserved. These materials, or any portion thereof, may not be reproduced or shared in any manner without express written consent of Curriculum Associates.
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Laila wants to create a data display to clearly show the median salary, the highest
salary, and the lowest salary of the 685 employees at her company. She is trying to
decide whether she should create a dot plot, a box plot, or a histogram of the salaries.
A sample of the data is shown below.
$25,745; $26,512; $27,322; $27,750; $29,820; $32,500; $35,448; $52,020; $63,485; $87,167
Which graph should Laila choose? Explain your reasoning by completing the sentences. Click the
arrows to choose an answer from each menu.
A dot plot Choose...
A box plot
would display the median, minimum, and maximum clearly
A histogram
Choose...
So, Laila shou
would display the median, minimum, and maximum clearly
cannot be used to determine the median
would not work well because there are too many values
Copyright 2022 by Curriculum Associates. All rights reserved. These materials, or any portion thereof, may not be reproduced or shared in any manner without express written consent of Curriculum Associates.
Transcribed Image Text:Laila wants to create a data display to clearly show the median salary, the highest salary, and the lowest salary of the 685 employees at her company. She is trying to decide whether she should create a dot plot, a box plot, or a histogram of the salaries. A sample of the data is shown below. $25,745; $26,512; $27,322; $27,750; $29,820; $32,500; $35,448; $52,020; $63,485; $87,167 Which graph should Laila choose? Explain your reasoning by completing the sentences. Click the arrows to choose an answer from each menu. A dot plot Choose... A box plot would display the median, minimum, and maximum clearly A histogram Choose... So, Laila shou would display the median, minimum, and maximum clearly cannot be used to determine the median would not work well because there are too many values Copyright 2022 by Curriculum Associates. All rights reserved. These materials, or any portion thereof, may not be reproduced or shared in any manner without express written consent of Curriculum Associates.
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