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Exploring Box-and-Whisker Plots

Exploring Box-and-Whisker Plots

Assessment

Interactive Video

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Mathematics

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6th - 10th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS
6.SP.B.4, 3.NF.A.1, 6.SP.B.5C

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Olivia Brooks

Used 3+ times

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Standards-aligned

CCSS.6.SP.B.4
,
CCSS.3.NF.A.1
,
CCSS.6.SP.B.5C
CCSS.7.SP.B.4
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CCSS.8.SP.A.1
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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1
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CCSS.3.NF.A.2B
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This video tutorial covers section 10.5 on box and whisker plots, explaining how they represent data sets using the least value, greatest value, and quartiles. It demonstrates creating a box and whisker plot, analyzing data distribution, and interpreting the interquartile range. The tutorial also discusses different data distributions, such as symmetric and skewed, and compares data sets using box and whisker plots.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a box and whisker plot represent?

The frequency of each data point in a set

The correlation between two variables

The mean and standard deviation of a data set

The least, greatest values, and quartiles of a data set

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in creating a box and whisker plot?

Drawing the whiskers

Calculating the mean

Determining the five number summary

Plotting the data points

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a longer whisker or box indicate in a box and whisker plot?

Data are more spread out

More data points

Higher data values

Lower data values

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What fraction of the data is represented by one whisker in a box and whisker plot?

One-half

One-third

One-quarter

One-fifth

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the BMI example, what fraction of students have a BMI of at least 22?

Three-quarters

One-third

One-quarter

One-half

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the interquartile range represent?

The range of the entire data set

The average value of the data set

The difference between the median and the mode

The range of the middle half of the data

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of distribution is indicated by a longer left whisker?

Symmetric

Uniform

Skewed left

Skewed right

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