has anyone heard of the "box and whisker plot"?

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has anyone heard of the "box and  whisker plot"?

zarkon · Answer

statistics is math related

ragingsquirrel · Answer

This actually is a math question...

mertsj · Answer

If it is not math related why does it appear in all reputable Algebra I books?

anonymous · Answer

it is in my math for graphing. my parents have never heard of it and i was wondering if someone could tell me if they has heard of it and tell me how to read and use them if they can

mertsj · Answer

Yes.  I have heard of them.  What do you want to know?

anonymous · Answer

how do you use them?

mertsj · Answer

it is another way to display data.

mertsj · Answer

It used quartiles

mertsj · Answer

uses quartiles

anonymous · Answer

yeah, i know the parts, i want to know how to use it

mertsj · Answer

I don't know what else to say except use it to help interpret sets of data.

amistre64 · Answer

if you know that parts, you know how to use it ....

anonymous · Answer

not really.

amistre64 · Answer

then instead of us trying to guess where your confusion lies; try to tell us perchance how you see it as ...  then we might have somehting to go off of :)

jamesj · Answer

So here's some guidance on what they are, and how to construct them: http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/cs255/jnord/boxplot.html