7.11. Box-and-Whisker Plots http://www.ck12.org
d. 75%- What name is given to the horizontal lines to the left and right of the box of a box-and-whisker plot?
a. axis
b. whisker
c. range
d. plane- What term describes the distribution of a data set if the median of the data set is located to the left of the center
of the box in a box-and-whisker plot?
a. positively skewed
b. negatively skewed
c. approximately symmetric
d. not skewed- What 2 values of the five-number summary are connected with 2 horizontal lines on a box-and-whisker plot?
a. Minimum value and the median
b. Maximum value and the median
c. Minimum and maximum values
d.Q 1 andQ 3- For the following data sets, determine the five-number summaries:
a. 74, 69, 83, 79, 60, 75, 67, 71
b. 6, 9, 3, 12, 11, 9, 15, 5, 7- For each of the following box-and-whisker plots, list the five-number summary and comment on the distribu-
tion of the data:
a.b.- The following data represents the number of coins that 12 randomly selected people had in their piggy banks:
35 58 29 44 104 39 72 34 50 41 64 54
Construct a box-and-whisker plot for the above data.- The following data represent the time (in minutes) that each of 20 people waited in line at a local book store
to purchase the latest Harry Potter book:
15 8 5 10 14 17 21 23 6 19 31 34 30 31
3 22 17 25 5 16
Construct a box-and-whisker plot for the above data. Are the data skewed in any direction?- Firman’s Fitness Factory is a new gym that offers reasonably-priced family packages. The following table