3E

Major Major_category Median_salary
ACCOUNTING Business 45000
ACTUARIAL SCIENCE Business 62000
FINANCE Business 47000
GENERAL BUSINESS Business 40000
HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT Business 33000
MARKETING AND MARKETING RESEARCH Business 38000
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS AND MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION Business 40000
OPERATIONS LOGISTICS AND E-COMMERCE Business 50000
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Engineering 60000
Skill or Concept: I can . . . Questions to check your understanding Rating
from 1 to 5
Use technology to create a histogram or dotplot. 1, 4
Compare centers of distributions of a quantitative variable. 2
Compare spread in distributions of a quantitative variable. 3, 6
Describe the shape of the distribution of a quantitative variable. 1, 4
Determine the presence of outliers in the distribution of a quantitative variable. 5

Two bar charts are shown. Chart A is labeled flipper length, with count on the y-axis and flipper length in millimeters on the x-axis. The data has two peaks, with one trough separating the peaks. Chart B is labeled Bill depth, with count on the y-axis and bill depth in millimeters on the x-axis. The data has multiple peaks, with small but fairly defined dips between each peak. A bar chart showing the per capita carbon dioxide emissions of EU countries in metric tons. The data primarily lies on the left side of the chart, with one symmetrical peak on the left, and one data point off to the far right. A bar chart showing the number of hours spent watching television per week in 2018. The data primarily lies on the far left of the chart, with a peak on the far left that steeply decreases as you move to the right. A bar chart showing the Average SAT scores for the 50 states. The data has two distinct peaks, with one trough separating the peaks. A bar graph shows the run time in minutes for G-rated movies. The data primarily lies in the center of the chart, with only a few data points off to the far left and right of the chart. A woman in a wheelchair holding a diploma in one hand and raising a graduation cap in the other.

Glossary

observational units
individuals or items whose characteristics we are interested in.
variables
the characteristics we record on the observational units. These may be quantitative or categorical variables.