Introducing the Topic
In this chapter, you and your students will learn how to use the Sharp graphing
calculator to find the numerical descriptions of a one-variable data set.
Calculator Operations
Turn the calculator on and press STAT to enter the statistics menu.
Touch A EDIT, press ENTER , to view the statistics data entry screen. If there
is a data set present within the lists on your calculator, use the arrow keys to
move to the list, if necessary, and press ▲ to highlight the list label. Press
DEL ENTER to delete the old data. Repeat for other lists of data.
Move the highlighter to the cell directly below the L1 in the table.
Enter the following data set:
25 32 28 33 31 27 40 38 29 30
Use the non-weighted format for entering the data since no entry occurs more
than once. Refer to Chapter 1 for information on how to enter a non-weighted
one-variable data set.
6 Numerical Description of a One-Variable Data Set/STATISTICS USING THE SHARP EL-9600
NUMERICAL DESCRIPTION OF A
0NE-VARIABLE DATA SET
Chapter two