Explain how you would decide whether to use a dot plot or a box plot to display a data set. Give some strengths and weaknesses of each type of display to support your explanation.

A box plot should be used in a situation when you need the median and quartiles.  A dot plot should be used when you need exact numbers.  The strengths of a box plot is that it shows a big data sets into a rounded form.  The strengths of a data set is that you can show the exact numbers but it would work best with small numbers.

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