Box and Whiskers Plot Learning Targets
 I can divide data into quartiles.
 I can identify the parts of a box and whisker plot (lower extreme, lower
quartile, median, upper quartile, upper extreme).
 I can create a box and whisker plot.
 I can answer questions about a data set presented in a box and whisker plot.
o Questions we want students to be able to answer.
 What percent of the data is located in each of the four sections
of a box and whisker plot?
 What percent of the data is above and below the median?
 What determines the length of the boxes and whiskers in a box
and whisker plot?
 What does it mean when a whisker is missing?
 Which statistical measures can be found in a box and whisker
plot?
 Which statistical measures can not be found in a box and whisker
plot?
 Can all the individual data pieces be extracted from a box and
whisker plot?