GCE As Level Representation of Data Box and Whisker Plot
GCE As Level Representation of Data Box and Whisker Plot
SMIYL
April 2023
To draw a box and whisker plot you need the following information:
• minimum value
• lower quartile
• median
• upper quartile
• maximum value
1
Where q1 represents the lower quartile.
IQR = q3 − q1
190 203 215 246 249 253 255 254 258 260 261
263 267 269 274 276 280 288 283 287 294 300
307 318 327 331 336 345 351 353 360 368 375
(9709/62/M/J/19 number 6)
(a) Draw a box and whisker plot to illustrate the times for these 33
people.
190
2
Notice how, there is no data point in position 8.5, so we get
the average of data points on position 8 and 9,
190 203 215 246 249 253 255 254 258 260 261
263 267 269 274 276 280 288 283 287 294 300
307 318 327 331 336 345 351 353 360 368 375
254 + 258
q1 =
2
q1 = 256
3
Now that we have the necessary requirements, we can now
draw the box and whisker plot. Mark the minimum and
maximum values with a line each, these will represent the
whiskers. To draw the box, mark the lower quartile and the
upper quartile, these will be the edges of the box. Inside
the box, label the median with a line. Finally, join the
whiskers to the box. Don’t forget to label the x-axis, with
the appropriate label. The box represents the interquartile
range, the whiskers represent the extreme values.
180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380
Time (minutes)
IQR = q3 − q1
IQR = 73
IQR = 73
2. Two machines A and B, produce metal rods of a certain type. The lengths,
in metres, of 19 rods produced by machine A and 19 rods produced by
machine B are measured. It is given that, the minimum value of A is
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0.220, maximum value is 0.254, lower quartile is 0.231, upper quartile is
0.245, median is 0.238. It is given that, the minimum value of B is 0.211,
maximum value is 0.256, lower quartile is 0.224, upper quartile is 0.243,
median is 0.232.(9709/52/M/J/20 number 3)
(a) Draw box and whisker plots for A and B.
Sketch the box and whisker plots, with A above B, and label
them. Ensure that the extreme values are the whiskers, and
the box is marked by the lower and upper quartiles. Insert
the lines for the median inside their respective boxes. Don’t
forget to label the x-axis.
Plot A
Plot B
(b) Hence make two comparisons between the lengths of the rods pro-
duced by machine A and those produced by machine B.