How is the Calculator Good at Comparing Data?

Abstract

Objectives: Students will use the graphing calculator to: • engage in the process of statistical investigation, make conjectures, predictions, and conclusions based on statistical analysis. • construct numerous plots in a relatively short amount of time. • compare data using box-and-whiskers plots. • compare data using statistical measures such as minimum, maximum, lower and upper quartiles, median, and range. • consider the influence of extreme values in a set of data.