Exploring Box and Whisker Plots

What are box and whisker plots also known as?

• Circle and line plots

• Box and whisker plots

• Scatter plots

• Histograms

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What is the first step in creating a box and whisker plot?

• Marking the median

• Identifying the quartiles

• Drawing the whiskers

• Drawing the box

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How is the median represented in a box and whisker plot?

• Tip of the whisker

• Middle line of the box

• Start of the box

• End of the box

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How do you find the first quartile (Q1) in a data set?

• Median of the upper half

• Difference between the highest and lowest points

• Median of the lower half

• Average of all data points

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What does the box in a box and whisker plot represent?

• IQR

• Range

• Mean

• Mode

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What do the whiskers in a box and whisker plot represent?

• Median

• Mode

• Range

• Mean

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What cannot be found on a box and whisker plot?

• Range

• Mode

• IQR

• Median

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What is the IQR in a box and whisker plot?

• Sum of all quartiles

• Difference between Q1 and Q3

• Difference between the highest and lowest data points

• Average of the data set

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What is the range in a box and whisker plot?

• Distance between the whiskers

• Length of the box

• Height of the plot

• Width of the whiskers

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In practice, how should data be organized before creating a box and whisker plot?

• In descending order

• Randomly

• Based on frequency

• In ascending order

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