Exploring Box Plot Comparisons

What does a box plot primarily focus on?

• Range of the data

• Mode of the data

• Median of the data

• Mean of the data

What is the term for the difference between the first and third quartiles in a box plot?

• Range

• Median

• Interquartile Range

• Mean Difference

In constructing a box plot, what is the first step?

• Ordering the data from least to greatest

• Calculating the mean

• Finding the median

• Identifying outliers

What does the median represent in a box plot?

• The average value

• The highest value

• The lowest value

• The middle value of the dataset

What does the minimum value in a box plot represent?

• The median of the data

• The highest value

• The lowest value

• The average value

How do you find the interquartile range (IQR) in a box plot?

• Find the average of Q1 and Q3

• Add Q1 and Q3

• Subtract Q1 from Q3

• Divide the median by 2

What does a wider box in a box plot indicate?

• More outliers

• Less variability

• Greater variability

• Higher data values

Which quartile is represented by the upper end of the box in a box plot?

• Third Quartile

• Second Quartile

• First Quartile

• Fourth Quartile

In comparing box plots, what does a difference in medians indicate?

• Equal data ranges

• No variability

• Same data distribution

• A shift in the data center

What can you infer if a participant's time is above the median in a box plot?

• They are in the third quartile

• They are an outlier

• They are in the second quartile

• They are in the first quartile