Comparing Box Plots

Multiple Select

Directions: Select the (2) correct answers.

Your homeroom teacher wishes to know how long the bus ride to middle school is each morning for the students in her class. The two dots on the right side of the graph represent the outliers that were not included in the boxplot.

Which two features of the dataset would change the most if the outliers were included?

• Mean

• Median

• Range

• Interquartile Range

• Lower Extreme

Multiple Choice

The boxplots below compare the miles traveled on labor day by 7th graders and 8th graders. Which is a true statement regarding the data shown?

• The 7th graders have a lower median distance traveled than the 8th graders

• The 7th graders traveled a smaller range of miles than the 8th graders

• The 8th graders have a higher upper quartile distance than the 7th graders

• The 8th graders have a larger mean (average) distance traveled than the 7th graders

Multiple Choice

Mr. Jensen summarized the test scores from a recent science test for periods 1 & 2 on the boxplots shown. The values of the RANGES for these boxplots are the same. Which of the following pairs of boxplots could represent those test scores?

Multiple Choice

Which feature of the histogram below is misleading?

• The titles on the graph are missing.

• This data can only be displayed on a circle graph that reveals percentages.

• Only three people experienced wait times of more than 60 minutes, and these outliers should be removed.

• The intervals on the hiostogram are not the same size.