{"id":71,"date":"2023-01-31T00:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T00:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/chapter\/comparing-quantitative-distributions-learn-it-2\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T19:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T19:44:13","slug":"comparing-quantitative-distributions-learn-it-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/chapter\/comparing-quantitative-distributions-learn-it-2\/","title":{"raw":"Comparing Quantitative Distributions: Learn It 2","rendered":"Comparing Quantitative Distributions: Learn It 2"},"content":{"raw":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals focusable\" tabindex=\"-1\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Compare data sets by describing their shapes, centers, spreads, and outliers<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<h2>Comparing Dotplots<\/h2>\r\n<section class=\"textbox recall\">A\u00a0<strong>dotplot<\/strong> is a graphical display of the distribution of a quantitative variable. 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