Individual Data Values Relative Frequency Histogram Shown on Display? Appropriate for? Important Characteristics: Individual Data Values 5-Number Summary Mean Std. Dev. Large Data Sets Small Data Sets Dot Plot Stem Plot Bar Graph Frequency Histogram Relative Frequency Histogram Box Plot Characteristic Display Copyright © 2002, N. Ahbel No n<150 Displays freq. distribution of small data sets & mode Yes No No No Yes No n<150 Displays freq. distribution of small data sets & min/max Yes No No No Yes One variable is a category, other is frequency Maybe N.A. (Not Applicable) N.A. N.A. Yes Yes Displays number of values in each interval No No No No Yes OK Displays the percent in each interval No No No No Yes No No n>20 Shows the 5-number summary No Yes No No Yes