The document discusses different methods for visually representing data distributions, including frequency tables, stem-and-leaf plots, dotplots, and back-to-back stem-and-leaf plots. It provides examples of collecting and representing data on the number of pets students have, the ages of Wimbledon tennis champions from 1970-1990, and the number of siblings of students in a class. Key terms discussed include distribution, stem-and-leaf plot, maximum, minimum, range, cluster, gap, outlier, frequency, and dotplot.