box plot

American

noun

Statistics.

a graphic representation of a distribution by a rectangle, the ends of which mark the maximum and minimum values, and in which the median and first and third quartiles are marked by lines parallel to the ends.

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Which box plot has the widest spread for the middle 50 percent of the data,the data between the first and third quartiles?

From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020

Use the arrows to select the box plot picture and enable it.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020

The box plot also shows us that the lower 25 percent of the exam scores are Ds and Fs.

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This may be a pie or bar graph or may be a histogram or box plot, depending on the nature of your data.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 19, 2013

Looking at both the histogram AND the box plot, discuss the distribution of your data.

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