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Candy Bars Part 1

A group of friends are planning to sell candy bars at the school shop. They conduct a small survey among 30 people, asking the question: "How many candy bars do you eat in a typical week?"
Here are their results:
Male
1 bar
Male
13 bars
Female 14 bars
Male
1 bar
Female 30 bars
Female
4 bars
Female
O bars
Male
10 bars
Male
3 bars
Male
8 bars
Male
5 bars
Male
2 bars
Male
19 bars
Female 10 bars
Male
2 bars
Female
1 bar
Male 9 bars
Male
11 bars
Male
25 bars
Male
0 bars
Male
2 bars
Male 6 bars
Female
1 bar
Female 16 bars
Male
28 bars
Male
25 bars
Female 16 bars
Male
0 bars
Male
13 bars
Female
O bars Create two dot plots to organize and display the data.

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To create two dot plots for the data provided, one for males and one for females, we can follow these steps.

  1. Extract the Data: Organize the data based on gender and the number of bars consumed.

Male:

  • 1 bar (2)
  • 2 bars (3)
  • 3 bars (1)
  • 4 bars (1)
  • 5 bars (1)
  • 6 bars (1)
  • 8 bars (1)
  • 9 bars (1)
  • 10 bars (1)
  • 11 bars (1)
  • 13 bars (2)
  • 19 bars (1)
  • 25 bars (2)
  • 28 bars (1)
  • 30 bars (1)

Female:

  • 0 bars (3)
  • 1 bar (3)
  • 2 bars (1)
  • 4 bars (1)
  • 10 bars (1)
  • 14 bars (1)
  • 16 bars (2)
  • 30 bars (1)
  1. Create Dot Plots:

Male Dot Plot:

Bars: 
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13 | ••   
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19 | •    
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24 | 
25 | ••   
26 | 
27 | 
28 | •    
29 | 
30 |

Female Dot Plot:

Bars: 
0  | ••• 
1  | ••• 
2  | •    
3  | 
4  | •    
5  | 
6  | 
7  | 
8  | 
9  | 
10 | •    
11 | 
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14 | •    
15 | 
16 | ••   
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30 | •

Summary:

  • In the male dot plot, you can see the distribution of how many candy bars males consume in a typical week.
  • In the female dot plot, the distribution of candy bar consumption by females is displayed.

This simple visual representation allows for a quick understanding of the data collected in the survey!