An Ecologist Measured the Length and Weight of Different Individuals

question 37

Multiple Choice

An ecologist measured the length and weight of different individuals of a species of bird.The most common method of graphically displaying the data is a

• A)frequency distribution.
• B)histogram.
• C)pie chart.
• D)scatter plot.

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Definitions:

Boxplot

A boxplot is a graphical representation of data that shows the distribution's central tendency and variability, as well as any outliers, using a box and whiskers format.

Ogive

A graphical representation that displays the cumulative frequencies or cumulative percentages of a dataset, usually in the form of a curve.

Statistics Test

A procedure used to assess the probability of a hypothesis about a data set being true or false.

Boxplot

A graphical representation of data that shows the median, quartiles, and outliers within a dataset, useful for visualizing the distribution.