• When initially opened, only the top number line is active. Create a data set by dragging points onto the number line. The mean and median appear if there is at least one data point; the box-and-whisker plot will appear if there are five or more data points. Both of these displays can be turned off by unchecking the respective boxes.
  • Data points can also be created or modified by entering numbers in the text boxes below the number line. The apply button must be used to activate any changes. If the data points are out of order, the sort button can be used to order them from least to greatest. The clear button can be used to remove all data points.
• Up to three number lines can be made active with the activate feature. The data points from one number line can be transferred to an adjacent number line using the copy function. At any time, a data set can be hidden with the deactivate feature.

• Set A: Every data point is between 35 and 65.
• Set B: Every data point is either less than 25 or greater than 75.
• Set C: The difference between every pair of two consecutive data points is the same.

How are these sets different from one another? How are they alike? Are there other data sets with 6 points, a mean of 50, and a median of 50 that look different from the three you've created?