Descriptive Statistics

Virginia SOL PS.DS.4

Represent and analyze categorical data using two-way tables and graphical displays.

What students need to be able to do

  • Create and interpret graphical displays of univariate categorical data (bar graphs) using technology.
  • Create and interpret graphical displays comparing distributions of two or more univariate categorical data sets (segmented and side-by-side bar graphs) using technology.
  • Generate and interpret a two-way table summarizing information from two categorical variables.
  • Calculate and interpret marginal, relative, and conditional frequencies from a two-way table.