Exploring Box Plots in STAAR 2017 7th Math

What do the box plots in the video represent?

• Temperature variations over years

• Number of years farm workers have been employed

• Different crop yields on two farms

• Annual rainfall measurements

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How are the box plots arranged in the video?

• On separate number lines

• On the same number line

• In a pie chart format

• As bar graphs

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How is the range calculated from a box plot?

• Maximum value plus minimum value

• Sum of the first and third quartiles

• Average of all data points

• Maximum value minus minimum value

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Are the ranges of farm X and farm Y equal?

• Data is insufficient to determine

• No, they are not equal

• Only for farm X

• Yes, they are equal

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What does the third quartile represent in a box plot?

• 25% of the data is above this value

• The maximum value of the dataset

• 75% of the data is below this value

• The median of the dataset

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Is the third quartile of farm Y less than that of farm X?

• Data is not clear

• Yes, it is less

• No, it is not less

• It is equal

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What is the median value for farm X?

• 15

• 17

• 20

• 18

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Is the median for farm Y greater than that for farm X?

• They are equal

• No, it is not greater

• Yes, it is greater

• Data is not available

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What is the first quartile value for farm Y?

• 15

• 12

• 10

• 18

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Is the first quartile of farm Y greater than that of farm X?

• Yes, it is greater

• They are the same

• Cannot be determined from the data

• No, it is not greater

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