Box Plots and IQR

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What is a box plot?

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A box plot, also known as a whisker plot, is a graphical representation of a dataset that shows its minimum, first quartile (Q1), median, third quartile (Q3), and maximum.

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What does IQR stand for?

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IQR stands for Interquartile Range, which is the difference between the first quartile (Q1) and the third quartile (Q3) in a dataset.

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How do you calculate the IQR?

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IQR = Q3 - Q1.

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What is the median in a dataset?

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The median is the middle value when the data is arranged in ascending order.

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How do you find the median of an even set of numbers?

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For an even set of numbers, the median is the average of the two middle numbers.

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What is the first quartile (Q1)?

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Q1 is the median of the lower half of the dataset, representing the 25th percentile.

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What is the third quartile (Q3)?

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Q3 is the median of the upper half of the dataset, representing the 75th percentile.

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What does the whisker in a box plot represent?

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The whiskers in a box plot extend from the quartiles to the minimum and maximum values, showing the range of the data.

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If the data set is 50, 60, 82, 86, 94, 110, what is the IQR?

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The IQR is 34.

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In a box plot, what does the line inside the box represent?

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The line inside the box represents the median of the dataset.

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