Thursday HW

Tonight, please complete the 2004 (Form B) #5 Free Response question. (If you were absent or lost yours, use the link below to find a copy of the question--you can either print it, or complete your work on separate paper).

• 2004 (Form B) #5 (Homework Question)
• Remember, you can't use your calculator to make the boxplot because we don't have the full data set!
• For part a, you are asked to create "parallel boxplots." This simply means that you should create two boxplots (using the steps/notes we outlined today in class, or in chapter 5) on the same axis
• So, you should have two boxplots, one above the other, on the axis provided when you're done. Label each boxplot.
• For part b, you have to compare the distributions
• Compare SOCS
• You MUST use COMPARATIVE LANGUAGE.  
• NOT ACCEPTABLE: "The median jawbone length (in mm) for the Modern Thai Dogs is 125 and the median jaw lenght for the Golden Jackals is 108." 
• Instead, you must compare--talk about which median is higher/lower! When you talk about spread, compare--which range/IQR is larger/smaller? 
• When you talk about outliers, comment on them, but also compare!
• And lastly, here is the link to the scoring rubric--see how you did! 
• 2004 (Form B) Scoring Guidelines/Rubric
• Good luck! 

Tomorrow in class we'll recap our homework responses and answer any questions, and then look at creating boxplots given a full data set--using the graphing calculator.