Question

The heights, in cm, of some plants in a greenhouse are shown below:

13.5, 12.2, 12.8, 12.8, 12.3, 12, 13.9, 14, 14.2, 12.6

Jack made the following box plot to represent the heights:

box plot shows minimum at 12, first quartile at 12.5, median at 12.8, third quartile at approximately 13.9 and maximum at 14.2

Which of the following did Jack show incorrectly on his box plot?

Median

Minimum

First quartile

Third quartile

Answer 1

@agent0smith

Answer 2

@baby_sb

Look at the attachment and compare that box plot to the given one.

Check the box plot generator at
http://easycalculation.com/statistics/box-plot-grapher.php if you want to re-draw it.