Exploring Box Plots in 6th Grade Math

Median, quartiles, and extreme values

Frequency tables

Mean and standard deviation

Histograms

Box

Median

Whiskers

Outliers

34 mph

40 mph

22 mph

25 mph

With a star

As a separate box

With a different color

Inside the whiskers

75%

25%

100%

50%

Range of the data

Number of outliers

Variability within the middle 50% of the data

Total number of data points

By identifying the maximum value

Through the median

Using the interquartile range (IQR)

By calculating the mean

Difference between the first and the last quartile

Spread of the middle 50% of the data

Total spread of the data

Difference between the median and the maximum

Data is skewed to the left

Data is skewed to the right

Data is uniformly distributed

There are more outliers on the left

Has no effect on the distribution

Increases the range

Makes the data more skewed

Can make the data appear more evenly distributed