AP STATISTICS: Against All Odds Name ____________________________
Video 2 Worksheet
PICTURING DISTRIBUTIONS
1. What is the overall pattern in a set of observations called? _______________________________________
2. What type of picture did Raul Lopez use to plot the lightning data? _________________________________
3. When do most lightning storms begin? ______________________________________________________
4. When is the maximum number of lightning flashes? ___________________________________________
5. What are observations the stand apart from the overall pattern of the distribution called? _______________
6. When looking for the big picture in a distribution, what should you look for first? ______________________
7. What term is used to describe a distribution whose two sides are mirror images of each other? _________
8. What is the second important aspect of a histogram? __________________________________________
9. What is the third important aspect of a histogram? ____________________________________________
10. What term is used to describe a distribution where one side is more spread out than the other? _________
11. If a distribution trails off to the right, what phrase is used to describe the distribution? _________________
12. What determines which way we say a distribution is skewed? ____________________________________
13. When constructing a histogram, what is the most important rule? _________________________________
14. Fill in the blank: When constructing histograms, classes that are too large are too small _______________
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15. What is the term used to describe how spread out the observations are? ____________________________
16. What is an advantage of a stemplot over a histogram? __________________________________________
17. How are back-to-back stemplots used? ______________________________________________________