Question

the "box" part of a box-and whisker plot represents .

a. the lower half of the data set
b. the middle half of the data set
c. the upper half of the data set
d. the entire data set


i believe it's d? am i right?

Answer 1

incorrect

Answer 2

you have 2 parts, the box, and the whiskers; the box defines the mid section of the data that is most accurate, the whiskers are the anomolies and outliers that skew the data

Answer 3

Remember that the right end of the box is the upper quartile and the left end is the lower quartile. So inbetween them you have the middle half of the data.