Learning goals: Teacher Facing Comprehend the word “frequency” to refer to the number of times a particular value occurs in a data set. Create and interpret a dot plot to answer statistical questions about a numerical data set. Justify (in writing) whether a dot plot is an appropriate way to display a given data set, paying attention to whether the data set is numerical or categorical. Full lesson plan (warm-up, activities, synthesis, cool-down prompt) from 6.8 Data Sets and Distributions, Grade 6.