Try-It! On Your Ti - Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus Software Manual

Section 1: Scientific Method
1: Scientific Method
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Enter the data
Record the heart rates of all students in the class. Then enter the rates in the list editor (the two
lists do not have to have the same number of elements).
To Do This
1. Exit Fundamental Topics in Science.
Clear the home screen.
2. Display the list editor.
3. Clear each list as necessary.
4. Scroll to L
Enter the rates for the boys in list L
5.
6. Enter the rates for the girls in list L
Note: Your numbers will be different than
those shown.
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Define the statistical plots as box plots
Once you have entered the lists, you can examine the data using several different types of
statistical plots. First, look at the two forms of box plots.
To Do This
1. Go to the
STAT PLOTS
Note: The TI
to three different stat plots.
2. Turn on Plot1 and define it as a
ModBoxplot
rates.
Note: ModBoxplot graphs the outliers
(data more than 1.5 times the difference
between the third quartile [Q3] and the
first quartile [Q1] ) as points rather than
as part of the box.
Fundamental Topics in Science
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screen.
83 Plus lets you define up
( ) of the male heart
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Press
à Ä
EXIT
1:Edit...
to go to the list name
or to go to the next list
or , as necessary
. Type each number, then
1
.
2
to go to L
2
Type each number, then
Press
1:Plot1
to turn on Plot1
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