2. LINE PLOTS LD 2011

3. A LINE PLOT is…  A diagram that shows data displayed on a number line. Line plots clearly show each piece of data.  Line plots clearly show the mode and range.  Line plots can be used to easily find the median since the values are in numerical order.  Line plots are not used to easily determine the mean.

4. Let’s make a line plot. We’ll start with a simple data table

5. Let’s make a line plot. Which we’ll convert into a Frequency Table.

6. Now we’ll turn this into a LINE PLOT. First, determine the RANGE of the data.

7. Our number line must go from 0 to 5.

8. 0 1 2 3 4 5

9. There were 4 students who never brought their lunch from home. 0 1 2 3 4 5

10. There were 4 students who never brought their lunch from home. 0 1 2 3 4 5

11. Eventually your plot should end up looking like this:

12. Don’t forget to add a descriptive title: students who brought lunch to school (# of days)

13. MAKING LINE PLOTS