Question

Draw the box-and-whisker plot for the data.

33, 50, 30, 45, 30, 41, 27, 34, 50, 49, 40, 40, 35, 25, 28

Answer 1

i dont get it!

Answer 2

help please....

Answer 3

even i dont get it!! big deal!! ;)

Answer 4

lol

Answer 5

Most worthless things in the world. Oh well. Arrange the numbers from smallest to highest.

Answer 6

oh ok

Answer 7

thanks!

Answer 8

Wait, that's only the first step.

Answer 9

@TaylorBaugher2 You have to find the median as the second step.

Answer 10

..mm..ok

Answer 11

Okay with finding the median?

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

Okay, now you find the lower quartile, which is halfway between the median and the lowest number.

Answer 14

37?

Answer 15

oh no....38

Answer 16

Oh, wait wait wait. What did you get for the median?

Answer 17

38

Answer 18

The median is going to be one of the data points. The numbers in order are
25,27,28,30,30,33,34,35,40,40,41,45,49,50,50
You have 15 numbers, which means that the 8th number is going to be exactly in the middle. The median should be 35

Answer 19

oh ok

Answer 20

i get it LOL

Answer 21

Okay with finding the median now? It's always the number that's halfway between the first and last numbers.

Answer 22

Okay.

Answer 23

yep

Answer 24

So, now you find the number that's halfway between the smallest number and the median.

Answer 25

30* right?

Answer 26

Yep. We call that Q1. Q2 is the median. What is Q3?

Answer 27

43

Answer 28

43 isn't in the data set.

Answer 29

You're looking for the number halfway between 35 and 50 as you count inward.

Answer 30

that leaves 41 and 45

Answer 31

Oh oh oh, I did that wrong. You're totally right about 43. Sorry about that!

Answer 32

no preoblem

Answer 33

Okay, so here's how you draw a box and whisker plot: