Comparing data displays
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Which pair of displays would best help you compare the frequencies by column height?
Set A: 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9. Set B: 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 11, 12.
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Answer: Paired column graphs on the same scale
- Keep the two sets separate.
- Columns on a common scale make frequency heights easy to compare.
- Answer: Paired column graphs on the same scale.
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Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0
VC2M4ST02
analyse the effectiveness of different displays or visualisations in illustrating and comparing data distributions, then discuss the shape of distributions and the variation in the data
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- VC2M4ST02-C01Analyse how effectively different displays illustrate data distributions.
- VC2M4ST02-C02Analyse how effectively different visualisations illustrate data distributions.
- VC2M4ST02-C03Analyse how effectively different displays compare data distributions.
- VC2M4ST02-C04Analyse how effectively different visualisations compare data distributions.
- VC2M4ST02-C05Discuss the shape of data distributions.
- VC2M4ST02-C06Discuss variation in the data.
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