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6 F-G Measuring Spread of Data-Box and Whisker Plots - Notes

The document discusses measures of spread of data including range, interquartile range (IQR), and standard deviation. It explains how to calculate range and IQR for a data set by arranging the data from lowest to highest, identifying the median and quartiles. The second part describes how to construct a box and whisker plot to represent the five number summary of a data set - minimum, Q1, median Q2, Q3, and maximum values. It includes an example of drawing the box and whisker plot for a sample data set.

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6 F-G Measuring Spread of Data-Box and Whisker Plots - Notes

The document discusses measures of spread of data including range, interquartile range (IQR), and standard deviation. It explains how to calculate range and IQR for a data set by arranging the data from lowest to highest, identifying the median and quartiles. The second part describes how to construct a box and whisker plot to represent the five number summary of a data set - minimum, Q1, median Q2, Q3, and maximum values. It includes an example of drawing the box and whisker plot for a sample data set.

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IB Math Studies I

Chapter 6(F)
[ notes ]

6F: Measuring the Spread of Data


o Range: ______________________________
o Interquartile Range( ): ____________________________
o Standard Deviation: A description accounting the deviation from
the mean.

Example: # of minutes reported to wait for a bus:


4, 6, 10, 12, 15, 4, 7, 11, 14
1. Calculate the Range:
2. Identify the IQR:
1st - Rearrange data from lowest to largest
4, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15
2nd - Identify the median:
3rd - Identify the median from each quartile.
4, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15
Q1
Q2
Q3
Lower
Upper
Quartile
Quartile

Chapter 6 (G)

IB Math Studies I

[ notes ]

6G: Box and Whisker Plots


"5 number summary of the data set"

o
o
o
o
o

minimum value
lower quartile (Q1)
median (Q2)
upper quartile (Q3)
maximum value

Example: 8 2 3 9 6 5 3 2 2 6 2 5 4 5 5 6
1st - Rewrite as an ordered set, lowest to highest.
2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9
2nd - Identify Q1, Q2, Q3 (Lower quartile, Median, Upper Quartile)
Q2: 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9
median = 5

2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9
Q1 = 2.3

Q3 = 6

Minimum

Maximum

3rd - Make a number line to represent the data set


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Chapter 6 (G)

IB Math Studies I

[ notes ]

6G: Box and Whisker Plots


4th - Draw vertical lines above Q1,Q2,Q3 to make a box
Q1

Q2

Q3

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5th - Draw the whiskers to min and max data values


lower whisker

Q1

Q2

Q3

upper whisker

25%

25%

25%

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25%

Since more of the data is spread to the left,


we call this: negatively skewed distribution

Negatively
Skewed

Normal
Distribution

Positively
Skewed

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