Box and Whisker Plot
Go to http://www.brainingcamp.com/content/box-and-whisker-plots/lesson.php
Use your ear buds to watch the presentation and answer the following questions:
1. What does a Box and Whisker Plot display?
2. What is the first step in making a box plot?
3. What is a median?
4. How do you find the Lower Quartile?
5. How do you find the Upper Quartile?
6. How do you find the Lower Extreme?
7. How do you find the Upper Extreme?
8. After finishing the lesson, identify the median, lower quartile, upper quartile, and create a Box and
Whisker Plot using the following catch distances:
12, 21, 17, 10, 27, 19, 20
8a. What percentage of the catch distances were greater than 19 cm?
8b. What percentage of the catch distances were between 12 cm and 19 cm?
9. Identify the median, lower quartile, upper quartile, and create a Box and Whisker Plot using the
following reaction times:
247, 163, 217, 192, 230, 181
9a. What percentage of the reaction times were less than 172 ms?
9b. 50% of the students reacted faster than what time?
10. Make a Box and Whisker Plot using your “Catch the Ruler” data:
Median:
Lower Quartile:
Upper Quartile:
Lower Extreme:
Upper Extreme:
11. Make separate Box and Whisker Plots using the classroom data for boys and girls.
11a. Compare your results. What did you observe?