Box Plots (Box and Whisker Plots)

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What does point C on the box plot represent?

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Median

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What is the Interquartile Range of this data set? The lower (first) quartile is 19 and the upper (3rd) quartile is 56.

Back

37

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Interquartile Range is

Back

the difference between the third quartile and the first quartile.

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What do points B and D represent on the box plot?

Back

First and Third Quartiles.

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What do points A and E represent on the box plot?

Back

Least and Greatest Value.

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What is a box plot?

Back

A graphical representation of data that shows the distribution through five summary statistics: minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum.

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How do you find the median in a data set?

Back

Arrange the data in order and find the middle value.

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What is the first quartile (Q1)?

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The median of the lower half of the data set.

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What is the third quartile (Q3)?

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The median of the upper half of the data set.

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What does the whisker in a box plot represent?

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The range of the data outside the interquartile range.