ShmoopTube
Where Monty Python meets your 10th grade teacher.
Search Thousands of Shmoop Videos
Playlist ACT® Science Data Representation 25 videos
ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. What do the statistics in Figure 1 suggest?
ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. Which of the following is a variable in Figure 1, but not in Figure 2?
ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 1, Problem 6. What comparison can be made between the minimum salary and the average salary of...
ACT Science 1.9 Data Representation Passage 203 Views
Share It!
Description:
ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 1, Problem 9. Which of the following ideas can be supported by Figure 2?
Transcript
- 00:04
Here's your shmoop du jour: brought to you by crying.... there's none of that in baseball.
- 00:09
Which of the following ideas can be supported by Figure 2?
- 00:12
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:20
This question is asking us about Figure 2 again. And just Figure 2, so we can ignore Figure 1.
- 00:26
Choice A. More than half make less than 1 million.
Full Transcript
- 00:30
Well..it looks like a pretty big majority of the red circles are pretty close
- 00:33
to the $0 mark on the x-axis. So we can conclude that this statement is true.
- 00:38
Just to check the other answers to be extra sure.
- 00:42
Weight is an important indicator of how much a player will make. Well, looking at the wide
- 00:46
range of weights that make less than $1 million-this statement probably isn't true.
- 00:53
Statement C. Heavier players receive more salary. Again, like statement b, not true.
- 00:59
Finally, statement D, most players weight over 300 pounds. Well given that our graph's
- 01:04
y-axis doesn't even go above 250 pounds, this statement is definitely false too.
- 01:09
Our answer's A!
Related Videos
ACT Science: Research Summary Passage Drill 2, Problem 1. Why do you think that the filter paper will not remove the salt from the water?
ACT Science: Conflicting Viewpoint Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. What statement would both scientists agree upon?
ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. What do the statistics in Figure 1 suggest?
ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. Which of the following is a variable in Figure 1, but not in Figure 2?
ACT Science Data Representation Passage: Drill 3, Problem 5. According to Figure 2, what birth date will be predicted for an individual actual...