AP Stats Quiz: Boxplots and Comparing Distributions

The accompanying box-and-whisker plot represents the scores earned on a math test.

What is the median score?

• 75

• 70

• 85

• 77

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The accompanying box-and-whisker plot represents the scores earned on a math test.

What score represents the first quartile?

• 55

• 70

• 100

• 75

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The accompanying box-and-whisker plot represents the scores earned on a math test.

What statement is not true about the box and whisker plot shown?

• 75 represents the mean score

• 100 represents the maximum score

• 85 represents the 3rd quartile

• 55 represents the minimum score

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The accompanying box-and-whisker plot represents the scores earned on a math test.

A score of an 85 on the box-and-whisker plot shown refers to:

• the third quartile

• the median

• the maximum score

• the mean

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A movie theater recorded the number of tickets sold daily for a popular movie during the month of June. The box-and-whisker plot shown below represents the data for the number of tickets sold, in hundreds.

Which conclusion can be made using this plot?

• The second quartile is 600.

• The mean of the attendance is 400.

• The range of the attendance is 300 to 600.

• Twenty-five percent of the attendance is between 300 and 400.

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The accompanying box-and-whisker plots can be used to compare the annual incomes of three

professions.

Based on the box-and-whisker plots, which statement is true?

• The median income for nuclear engineers is greater than the income of all police officers.

• The mean income for police officers and musicians is the same.

• All nuclear engineers earn more than all police officers.

• A musician will eventually earn more than a police officer.

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The data set 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 12, 14, 17, 17, 18, 19, 19 represents the number of hours spent on the Internet in a week by students in a mathematics class.

Which box-and-whisker plot represents the data?

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Which boxplot has the least amount of variability?

• Sample 1

• Sample 2

• Sample 3

• Sample 4

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In general, which teaching method produced the highest score?

• Method 1

• Method 2

• Method 3

• Method 4

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What is the value of the outlier showing in the graphical display?

• 10

• 35

• 38

• 40