Box Plots

The video tutorial explains how to create a box plot, also known as a box and whisker plot, to display numerical data. It covers the components of a box plot, including the maximum, minimum, and quartiles, and provides a step-by-step guide to constructing a box plot using a given data set. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of the number line and the placement of the box and whiskers to accurately represent data distribution.

What is the primary purpose of a box plot?

• To show the relationship between two variables

• To compare different data sets

• To display categorical data

• To display numerical data and identify quartiles

Which of the following is NOT a component of a box plot?

• Number line

• Box

• Whiskers

• Histogram

In a box plot, what does the line inside the box represent?

• The mean

• The mode

• The median

• The range

When creating a box plot, what is the first step?

• Identifying the median

• Connecting the whiskers

• Drawing a number line

• Plotting the quartiles

What do the whiskers in a box plot indicate?

• The average value

• The maximum and minimum data values

• The interquartile range

• The standard deviation