Probability and Statistics

Virginia SOL 4.PS.1

Apply the data cycle with a focus on line graphs to formulate questions, collect data, organize and represent data, and analyze data and communicate results.

What students need to be able to do

  • Formulate questions that require the collection or acquisition of data.
  • Determine the data needed to answer a formulated question and collect or acquire existing data (limited to 10 or fewer data points) using various methods.
  • Organize and represent a data set using line graphs with a title and labeled axes with whole number increments, with and without technology tools.
  • Analyze data represented in line graphs and communicate results: describe characteristics of the data and the data as a whole.
  • Analyze data represented in line graphs and communicate results: identify parts of the data with special characteristics and explain their meaning.
  • Analyze data represented in line graphs and communicate results: make inferences about the data.
  • Analyze data represented in line graphs and communicate results: draw conclusions and make predictions based on the data.
  • Solve single-step and multistep addition and subtraction problems using data from line graphs.