Box Plots (Box and Whisker)

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What is a box plot (box and whisker plot)?

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A graphical representation of a dataset that shows its minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum.

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What does the upper extreme in a box plot represent?

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The highest value in the dataset.

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What does the lower extreme in a box plot represent?

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The lowest value in the dataset.

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How do you find the median in a dataset?

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Arrange the numbers in order and find the middle value. If there are two middle numbers, add them together and divide by 2.

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What is the minimum value in a dataset?

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The smallest number in the dataset.

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What is the maximum value in a dataset?

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The largest number in the dataset.

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What are quartiles in a box plot?

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Values that divide the dataset into four equal parts: Q1 (first quartile), Q2 (median), and Q3 (third quartile).

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What does the median represent in a box plot?

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The middle value of the dataset, which separates the higher half from the lower half.

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How do you interpret the whiskers in a box plot?

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The whiskers extend from the quartiles to the minimum and maximum values, showing the range of the data.

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What is the interquartile range (IQR)?

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The difference between the first quartile (Q1) and the third quartile (Q3), representing the middle 50% of the data.