Question

The table below shows the number of students from different classes of two schools who participated in a group dance.


School A 24 21 23 22 22 21 20 23 22
School B 5 3 2 5 20 12 3 4 3


Part A: How can you use box plots to compare the median and interquartile range of the data? Write the minimum value, first quartile, median, third quartile, and interquartile range for the two sets of data.

Part B: Are the box plots symmetrical in shape? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

@ganeshie8
@iPwnBunnies

Answer 2

I don't deal with statistics, sorry.

Answer 3

i just want help, and yes, @ganeshie8 has always helped me in the past

Answer 4

@newtoos ur questions are always tough for me to try lol, chill :)

Answer 5

lol :P No offence was meant buddies..
Sorry .. my bad ..

It was all that residue frustration of not getting an answer right that i burst out up there ..
Sorry again , @ganeshie8

Answer 6

school A

Answer 7

school B

Answer 8

those are the box plots for ur data. you should try drawing them manually though

Answer 9

Notice that SchoolA is `symmetrical` without any outliers,
where as SchoolB is `skewed` with an outlier of 20

Answer 10

let me knw if somehting is not clear

Answer 11

Everything looks good! You helped me understand! To be honest, I forgot how to make a box plot... So thanks for helping me!

Answer 12

np :)
this site may help u practice wid box plots :
http://www.alcula.com/calculators/statistics/box-plot/

just separate ur data by "," and enter, like below :

`5,3,2,5,20,12,3,4,3`

Answer 13

Ok Thanks again @ganeshie8 !

Answer 14

u wlc :)