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Box and Whisker Plots
Lower Upper
Lowest Quartile Median Quartile Highest
Value Value
Whisker Box Whisker
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Box
Plots
Constructing a box and whisker plot
34, 18, 100, 27, 54, 52, 93, 59, 61, 87,
68, 85, 78, 82, 91
18, 27, 34, 52, 54, 59, 61, 68, 78, 82,
85, 87, 91, 93, 100
Constructing a box and whisker plot
18, 27, 34, 52, 54, 59, 61, 68, 78, 82, 85, 87, 91, 93, 100
(18, 27, 34, 52, 54, 59, 61,) 68, 78, 82, 85, 87, 91, 93, 100
18, 27, 34, 52, 54, 59, 61, 68, (78, 82, 85, 87, 91, 93, 100)
20 – 2 = 18
The range for this data set = 18
Even Numbered Data Sets
Median = 7.5
Lower Quartile = 5
Upper Quartile = 11
Upper Extreme = 20
Lower Extreme = 2
Graphing The Data
3, 7, 11, 11, 15, 21, 23, 39, 41, 45, 50, 61, 87, 99, 220
Median
3, 7, 11, 11, 15, 21, 23, 39, 41, 45, 50, 61, 87, 99, 220
• The median is 39
Lower Quartile ( 1st Quartile )
(3, 7, 11, 11, 15, 21, 23), 39, 41, 45, 50, 61, 87, 99, 220
3, 7, 11, 11, 15, 21, 23, 39, (41, 45, 50, 61, 87, 99, 220)
3, 7, 11, 11, 15, 21, 23, 39, 41, 45, 50, 61, 87, 99, 220
3, 7, 11, 11, 15, 21, 23, 39, 41, 45, 50, 61, 87, 99, 220
• The min is 3
The 5 Number Summary
• Median - 39
• Lower Quartile - 11
• Upper Quartile - 61
• Max - 220
• Min - 3