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Chapter DescriptionsSection 7.1Collecting and Graphing Data: Presents several types of graphs for describing one-variable and two-variable sets of data. Subsections: Bar Graphs; Pie Graphs; Pictographs; Line Plots; Stem and Leaf Plots; Histograms; Line Graphs; Scatter Plots; Curves of Best Fit; Problem-Solving Application One-page Math Activity: Averages with Columns of Tile Section 7.2Describing and Analyzing Data: Introduces several measures of central tendency and measures of variability and uses the interquartile range from box-and-whisker plots to determine outliers. Subsections: Measures of Central Tendency; Problem-Solving Application; Box and Whisker Plots; Measures of Variability One-page Math Activity: Simulations in StatisticsSection 7.3Sampling, Predictions, and Simulations: Introduces several types of sampling, presents examples of skewed and normal distributions, and describes measures of relative standing. Subsections: Sampling; Skewed and Symmetric Distributions; Normal Distributions; Measures of Relative Standing; Simulations; Problem-Solving Application One-page Math Activity: Graphing Bell-Shaped Distributions Interactive Applet: Distributions
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