Do It Yourself!: Building a Dotplot

Dotplot Demo

Click on the applet below to place a dot to represent each data value. The applet will step you through the process. When the cursor is over the applet, a green line and a green numerical value show you where a dot will be placed when you click. If you click in the wrong place, a red line will appear to show you where you should have clicked. If dots would be on top of each other, the applet will stack them up or offset them so they don't completely overlap. As practice, make a dotplot for the data of Figure 1.9(a). That is, place dots at each of the following data values:

2

6

9

3

7

6

Do It Yourself

• Click on the applet to add a point.
• Holding down the shift key while clicking on the applet removes the last point added.
• Clicking your browser's Refresh or Reload button will remove all points from the applet.

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