Understanding Box and Whisker Plots

What is another name for box and whisker plots?

• Scatter plots

• Box plots

• Quartile plots

• Histograms

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

How many key parts does a box and whisker plot have?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

What is the range of years of teaching experience in the example?

• 3 to 18 years

• 7 to 18 years

• 3 to 12 years

• 5 to 15 years

Which part of the box and whisker plot indicates the maximum value?

• The rightmost end of the box

• The leftmost whisker

• The median line

• The rightmost whisker

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

What does the median represent in a box and whisker plot?

• The average value

• The middle value

• The total range

• The most frequent value

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

What is the median years of teaching experience in the example?

• 18 years

• 12 years

• 9 years

• 7 years

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the value of the first quartile in the example?

• 11

• 9

• 7

• 5

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What does the third quartile represent?

• The median of the upper half of the data

• The median of the lower half of the data

• The highest 25% of data

• The lowest 25% of data

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

How is the interquartile range represented in a box and whisker plot?

• By the median line

• By the box

• By the whiskers

• By the minimum and maximum

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

What percentage of the data is between the first and third quartile?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C