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The document outlines the steps to create a Box-and-Whisker plot, starting with ordering numbers and finding the median. It explains how to identify lower and upper quartiles, draw a number line, and label the components of the plot. Additionally, it defines the interquartile range as the difference between the upper and lower quartiles.

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Box and Whisker Plot (1)[1]

The document outlines the steps to create a Box-and-Whisker plot, starting with ordering numbers and finding the median. It explains how to identify lower and upper quartiles, draw a number line, and label the components of the plot. Additionally, it defines the interquartile range as the difference between the upper and lower quartiles.

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Box-and-Whisker Plots

SOL 6.18
Step 1 – Order Numbers

1. Order the set of numbers from


least to greatest
Step 2 – Find the Median

2. Find the median. The median is


the middle number. If the data has
two middle numbers, find the mean
of the two numbers. What is the
median?
Step 3 – Upper & Lower Quartiles

3. Find the lower and upper


medians or quartiles. These are
the middle numbers on each side
of the median. What are they?
Step 4 – Draw a Number Line
Now you are ready to construct
the actual box & whisker graph.
First you will need to draw an
ordinary number line that
extends far enough in both
directions to include all the
numbers in your data:
Step 5 – Draw the Parts
Locate the main median 12 using
a vertical line just above your
number line:
Step 5 – Draw the Parts
Locate the lower median 8.5
and the upper median 14 with
similar vertical lines:
Step 5 – Draw the Parts
 Next, draw a box using the
lower and upper median lines
as endpoints:
Step 5 – Draw the Parts
Finally, the whiskers extend out
to the data's smallest number 5
and largest number 20:
Step 6 - Label the Parts of a Box-and-
Whisker Plot
Lower Quartile Median Upper Quartile
Lower Extreme Upper Extreme
3 1 2
4 5

Name the parts of a Box-and-Whisker Plo


Interquartile Range
The interquartile range is
the difference between the
upper quartile and the
lower quartile.

14 – 8.5 =5.5

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