Unit 8 · Standard 6.SP.2
Shape of Data Distributions
My Notes Level 1 Support Level 2 Standard Level 3 Enrichment
Today's objectives
Content Objective: I can describe the shape of a data distribution as symmetric, skewed, or having clusters and gaps.
Language Objective: I can explain my description using the words symmetric, skewed, cluster, and gap.
📖 See Learn It for the explanation and worked examples, and the Vocab tab for the words. These are your notes to fill in and keep.
✏️ Fill in each blank as we go. Use the Word Bank to help you.
📚 Word Bank — fill each blank with the best word
👆 Tap any word to see what it means and a picture.
Level 3: try the blanks from memory first, then check the bank.
- 1A distribution where both sides look like mirror images is .
- 2A distribution with a tail stretching out to one side is .
- 3A group of data values bunched close together is a .
- 4An interval where there are no data values is a .
- 5The way data values are spread out across a range is the .
- 6How much the values in a data set differ from one another is the .
Reflect — Exit Ticket
A data set has most values clustered between 40–60, with a few values at 90–100. What is the shape of the distribution and which measure of center is best?
- Skewed right; use median
- Symmetric; use mean
- Skewed left; use median
- Uniform; use mean
Your answer: