2. Describing Data with Tables and Graphs

The dotplot below shows the number of books read in a month by students in a college class. Find the most and least frequent number of books read.

Compare the two dotplots, which give the number of siblings students have in Class A and Class B. Which class has more students with 2 siblings?

Graphing Data Sets In Exercises 17–32, organize the data using the indicated type of graph. Describe any patterns.

Life Spans of Houseflies Use a dot plot to display the data, which represent the life spans (in days) of 30 houseflies. 

9 9 4 11 10 5 13 9 7 11 6 8 14 10 6 

10 10 7 14 11 7 8 6 13 10 14 14 8 13 10

Phone Screen Sizes Display the data below in a dot plot. Describe the differences in how the stem-and-leaf plot and the dot plot show patterns in the data.

In Exercises 7 and 8, use the data set shown in the table at the left, which represents the pollution indices (a unitless measure of pollution ranging from 0 to 100) for 24 U.S. cities. (Adapted from Numbeo)

Use a dot plot to display the data set. Describe any patterns.

The heights (in feet) and the number of stories of the ten tallest buildings in New York City are listed. Use a scatter plot to display the data. Describe any patterns. (Source: Emporis)

Which of the following is a feature of a dot plot?