Box Plots

EQ: How do you analyze box

plots?
 Box-Plot 5 Number Summary
1.Median- Middle value
2. Minimum
3. Maximum
4. Lower Quartile (Q1) – Median of
lower half
5. Upper Quartile (Q3) – Median of
upper half
Analyzing a Box-and-Whisker Plot

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 Drawing a Box Plot.
Example 1: Draw a Box plot for the data below

Q1 Q2 Q3

4, 4, 5, 6, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 12

Lower Upper
Median
Quartile Quartile
= 8
= 5½ = 9

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
 How to find the: Inter-Quartile Range

Inter-Quartile Range – the difference between the upper

and lower quartile of a set of data.
Inter-Quartile Range = Upper Quartile – Lower Quartile

Show where you could find the inter-quartile range on the

box-and-whisker plot below:

INTER-QUARTILE RANGE
 Drawing a Box Plot.
Question: Stuart recorded the heights in cm of boys in his
class as shown below. Draw a box plot for this data.
QL Q2 Qu

137, 148, 155, 158, 165, 166, 166, 171, 171, 173, 175, 180, 184, 186, 186

Lower Upper
Quartile Median Quartile
= 158 = 171 = 180

130 140 150 160 170 180 190