Question

I've already done pt. A, I just need help with B:
The table below shows the number of hours some business people in two states spend in meetings each week:
State A 21 23 24 22 24 25 23 23 22
State B 24 22 20 23 23 50 20 46 21
Part A: Create a five-number summary and calculate the interquartile range for the two sets of data.
Part B: Are the box plots symmetric? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

symmetric means the left side "balances" the right side

Answer 2

thanks! I forgot to close this because I actually figured it out a couple min after, but thanks anyways! If any other users are interested in getting an answer for pt. A and if anyone is willing to check this for me, here is my answer:

Five point summary of state A: Five point summary of state B:
Minimum: 21 Minimum: 20
Q1: 22 Q1: 20
Median: 23 Median: 22
Q3: 24 Q3: 35
Maximum: 25 Maximum: 50
IQR: 2 IQR: 15

Answer 3

For B, you just make the box plots correct?? and then observe if they're "balanced"

Answer 4

exactly, though looking at the numbers, the 2nd set looks very unsymmetrical
but A looks pretty symmetric

Answer 5

I would agree... these are the box and whisker plots I created as well...

Answer 6

Thanks @phi for your help!!