Create a Dot Plot: Length of First Names in My Class
1 Your class just created a communal dot plot. Copy all of its dots onto the number line below.
Reading a Dot Plot
2 What is the difference (in letters) between the longest name and the shortest name?
3 What is/are the most common name length(s)?
4 What fraction of students have first names that are 5 letters long?
Peaks, Clusters, Gaps, and Outliers in Name Length Data
5 Label any peaks, clusters, gaps, and outliers on the class dot plot (above).
6 Describe what you can conclude about students' name lengths in your class, based on those peaks, clusters, gaps, and outliers.
Typicality of Name Length Data
7 What is one possible typical value for class name length? Explain.
8 Give another possible typical value: . Explain why it is appropriate.
Compare
9 Compare and contrast your class dataset with either Group A or Group B from Interpreting Dot Plots. Give at least one way that the distributions are alike, and at least one way that they are different.
These materials were developed partly through support of the National Science Foundation, (awards 1042210, 1535276, 1648684, 1738598, 2031479, and 1501927). 
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