The box plots show the average daily temperatures in April and October for a U.S. city.

Question

anonymous · Answer

What can you tell about the means for these two months?

A. The mean for April is higher than October's mean.

B. There is no way of telling what the means are.

C. The low median for October pulls its mean below April's mean.

D. The high range for October pulls its mean above April's mean.

campbell_st · Answer

box plots show the spread if a data set and use highest and lowest scores, quartiles and the median.

the mean is not shown in the plots, but given both plots are close to symmetrical, that would result in the mean being close to the median

hope this helps

anonymous · Answer

if its close how can you tell if the mean is high or low when it isn't given?