Single Count Distributions

This Project
Raw Data examines the
distribution of the
sum of five dice
being rolled 23
times. We look at
I went on the website https://www.random.org/dice/?num=5 that was provided for us to generate the dice rolls and used the section in the google doc that
was provided to record my data. I generated the dice rolls on the website added the amount shown and recorded it down and repeated 23 times. the center and
spread of results,
Sorted Data plot the data
multiple ways, look
for outliers and
examine the
possibility of die
I was on the google doc provided for us to write down our findings and from the raw data I wrote those numbers down on the table with marker and rolls based on what
started inserting them in order one by one into the box until there was no more boxes left.
weve seen.

Minimum 11 Standard Deviation

1st Quartile 14

Median 16
(Find the middle of
the set of data)

3rd Quartile 20

Maximum 26 Dot Plot: This chart was created in GeoGebra using the Dot
Plot command. The data points are plotted by their values on
IQR 6 the x axis, if multiple points with the same value exist they are
plotted at the same x coordinate with an increasing Y
(1st Quartile - 3rd coordinate.
Quartile = IQR)
9 IQR x 1.5 = 6 x 1.5 = 9 9
Mean 17.04 Min: 11
Median: 16
Max: 26
boundary

boundary
(Add all data set
Outlier

Outlier
1st Quartile: 14 3rd Quartile: 20

together then divide

it by 23) IQR = Q3 - Q1 = 20 - 14 = 6
Outlier 29
This table shows the minimum of the set of data, The 1st
quartile and 3rd quartile of the box plot, the median or
center point of the assorted data, the maximum of the
Box Plot: This chart was created in GeoGebra using the
set of data, The IQR or the Inter Quartile Range in which
Boxplot Command. This box plot was created by inserting the
you subtract the 1st Quartile from the 3rd quartile, and
data I have on the chart in my google doc and inserting it into
the Mean which is adding all the values together and
GeoGebra.
dividing it by the number of values.
Mean: 17.04
Standard Deviation: 17.92 Outlier
Mean

Outlier Boundary:
Boundary: 70.8
-36.72

This table shows how the standard deviation is

computed.
1. The mean is computed by adding all the Histogram: This chart was created on google spreadsheet by
values together and dividing by the number selecting my data and going under Insert graph and putting Box
of values. plot.
2. The mean is then subtracted from each
This table shows the probability of a die roll occurring. data element and the result is squared.
The 50% probability is derived from the rolls between the 3. The mean is then found for those values, Kimberly Delariva
1st and 3rd quartile. The 68% probability is one standard this is the variance. October 25,2017
deviation from the mean. The 95% probability is derived 4. The square root of the variance is the
standard deviation. Version 1
from the rolls that occur within the 2nd standard
deviation of the mean. The standard deviation and mean are depicted
on the histogram.