Descriptive Statistics

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Descriptive Statistics

Which graph to use?

Bar Chart

Bar Chart

Histogram

Analogy

Histogram

Histogram

Too few categories

Too many categories

Dot Plot

Dot Plot

Stem-and-Leaf Plot

Stem-and-Leaf Plot

Box Plot

Box Plot

An aside...

Box Plot (cont’d)

Using Box Plots to Compare

Which graph to use when?

Scatter Plots

Scatter Plots

No relationship

Closing comments

Author: Laura J. Simon

Email: lsimon@stat.psu.edu

Home Page: http://www.stat.psu.edu/~lsimon/stat250/fa99/admin/

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