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Math 1351 - Box and Whisker Plot

Box and whisker plots can represent a wide range of data in a concise visual format. The box outlines the middle 50% of the data values, while the whiskers extend to the highest and lowest values. For a class of 26 students aged 17 to 47, the box and whisker plot depicts the median age of 28, with quartiles below 27 and above 29 to outline where half of the students' ages fall.

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Math 1351 - Box and Whisker Plot

Box and whisker plots can represent a wide range of data in a concise visual format. The box outlines the middle 50% of the data values, while the whiskers extend to the highest and lowest values. For a class of 26 students aged 17 to 47, the box and whisker plot depicts the median age of 28, with quartiles below 27 and above 29 to outline where half of the students' ages fall.

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Box and Whisker Plot

Upper
Extreme

A college algebra class has 26


students. The ages of the
students range from 17 to 47
years old. Box and whisker plots
are useful in representing a wide
range of data. The box outlines
the area where most of the data
values lie, while the whiskers
extending from the box show us
the values that lie outside of the
norm.
For our example, the ages of each
of the
26
students
Upper
are:
17, 17, 18,
Quartile
19, 21,
22, 22, 23,
Medi
24, 27,
27, 27, 28,
an
28, 29,
30, 31, 33,
34, 34,
35, 38, 41,
44, 45,
47

Depicted in the box and whisker plot are:


Upper
Quartile Lower
(the middle of the upper half of our listed
ages)
Quartile
Lower
Quartile (the middle of the lower half of
our
listed ages)
Lower
Extreme

Median (when the list of ages is


put into numerical order, the
median is the middle
number)
28

Upper Extreme (the highest value


from our list of ages) 47
Lower Extreme (the lowest value
from our list of ages) 17

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