Describing Histograms

Grade 7•45 minutes

Learning Objective

I can describe the shape, outliers, center, and spread (SOCS) of a histogram.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. What does SOCS stand for when describing a histogram?

2. Describe what it means for a distribution to be symmetric. Give an example of a real-world dataset that might have a symmetric distribution.

3. Explain the difference between a skewed right and a skewed left distribution. In which direction does the "tail" point for each?

...and 9 more questions

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