When comparing and describing our boxplots, stemplots, histograms, dotplots, and other data displays it is vital that our students fully explain the differences and similarities in each distribution. SOCS (shaper, outlier, center, and spread) is a great acronym used to remember the four most important concepts that need to be discussed.This graphic organizer is a great tool to use as a warm-up or opener to a quiz or test. Or as an exit ticket to close our a lesson on comparing distributions.Al