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Box plots are useful for showing trends, distributions, and outliers in numerical data, especially in large samples. The document outlines the steps to create a box plot using a specific data set and provides a test question for practice. It also includes tips for ensuring accuracy and comparability in box plots.

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Box plots are useful for showing trends, distributions, and outliers in numerical data, especially in large samples. The document outlines the steps to create a box plot using a specific data set and provides a test question for practice. It also includes tips for ensuring accuracy and comparability in box plots.

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BOX

AND
WHISKER PLOTS
Why is it useful?
Box plots show trends/distributions of
data as well as outliers clearly. Because
of its simplicity, it is also easy to make
comparisons with other box graphs. These
plots are used only for numerical data,
and are best used on large samples (at
least 20).
How to make it
(with an example): 2
4
Data set: [14,8,4,9,18,10,16,12] 6
1.Re-organize from least to greatest: [4,8,9,10,12,14,16] 8 Q1
2. Create an appropiate scale 10 Q2
3.Find the median (10); this is the 2nd quartile. 12
4.Find the median of numbers less the overall median (8), this is 14 Q3
the 1st quartile. 16
5.Find the median of numbers more than the overall median 18
(14), this is the 3rd quartile. 20
6.Create a box using these quartiles and draw lines extending to 22
the points with the least and greatest value (4 and 16)
Test Question! 7
14
21
Q: A fruit stand sells some
28
fruits over the course of 5 35
days. What was the median 42
amount of fruits sold?
49
A: Because the second
56
quartile (the line in the box) 63
represents the median, the 70
median is 56. 77
Tips:
Make sure there is enough data,
or the third quartile might
exceed the maximum data value.
Use the same scale to compare
box plots with similar data
Keep everything as organized as
possible
Thank you!

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