Which five values would be used to graph a box-and-whisker plot for the following set of data? 36, 14, 27, 27, 33, 22, 41, 29
Accepted Solution
A:
First put all the number in order from least to greatest: Q1 Q2 Q3 {14,22,27,(27}{,29),33,36,41} add/div. by 2 add/div. by 2 28.5 34.5
Minimum: 14 (smallest number) Quartile 1: 28.5 (middle number of q1) Quartile 2: 28 (middle number) when you have and even amount of numbers you end up having 2 middle numbers, so you just add them then divide by 2. 27+29=56 56/2=28 Quartile 3: 34.5 (middle number of q3) Maximum: 41 (biggest number)