Answer
The dot plot for the provided data of ideal number of children for males and females is shown below:
Work Step by Step
A dot plot represents continuous and quantitative data plotted on a simple scale. A dot plot is constructed in Minitab and the steps are as follows:
Step 1: Enter the data of the gender and ideal number of children in worksheet under C1 and C2 column.
Step 2: Go to Graph menu in the menu bar and select dot plot, then choose “with groups” dot plot.
Step 3: A new dialog box is created of the dot plot.Put ideal number of children under graph variables and gender under categorical variable. Finally click ok.
Step 4: A dot plot is finally constructed.
The ideal number of children for females is greater than ideal number of children for males.
The ideal number of children for males and females can be described better in a relative frequency histogram. For comparison of two samples, relative frequency can describe the data better and in a more clear way.
