A box and whisker plot—also called a box plot—displays the five-number summary of a set of data. The five-number summary is the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and …

Is this some kind of cute cat video? No! Box and whisker plots seek to explain data by showing a spread of all the data points in a sample. The "whiskers" are the two opposite ends of the data. …

Here's a box and whisker plot of the same distribution that does show outliers. Notice how the outliers are shown as dots, and the whisker had to change. The whisker extends to the …

We've constructed our box-and-whiskers plot, which helps us visualize the entire range but also you could say the middle, roughly the middle half of our numbers.

Here's a word problem that's perfectly suited for a box and whiskers plot to help analyze data. Let's construct one together, shall we?. Created by Sal Khan and Monterey Institute for …

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Data can be represented in various ways such as dot plots, histograms, and box plots. Dot plots and box plots are useful for finding the median, while histograms are great for showing the …

More practice making box plots to summarize data sets.

A box and whisker plot is a handy tool to understand the age distribution of students at a party. It helps us identify the minimum, maximum, median, and quartiles of the data. However, it …

A box-and-whisker plot is a handy tool for visualizing data. By ordering numbers, we can find the range, median, and quartiles. Practice makes perfect when mastering these concepts!