the first quartile, the median, and the third quartile, and draw the corresponding box-and-whisker diagram.

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For Problem 8, find the first quartile, the median, and the third quartile, and draw the corresponding box-and-whisker diagram

a) 1,3,5,6,8,8,10

b) 9,10,16,17,21,25,25,25

c)15,16,18, 22,24,30,37,39,44

d)23,31,37,39,40,42,44,48,65

 

shown below.
Note: In a box-and-whisker diagram, the width of the box is arbitrary
A bar-and-whisker diagram can be drawn vertically
506
as
Example 5.
- maximum value
504+
+ Q,
502 -
Volume (mL)
+ median
500+
< Q,
498 +
496 -
+ minimum value
Solution:
494
Figure 5.7
Example 5.6:
Consider the following set of data:
4,8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15
Find the median, the first quartile, and the third
a.
quartile.
Draw a box-and-whisker diagram to represent the
b.
data.
Solution:
Median = 10
a.
First quartile = 8
Third quartile 13
b. The required box-and-whisker diagram is shown
below.
We
compa:
examp.
Examp
4
6.
8
10
12
14
16
Figure 5.8
without affecting the meaning of the display.
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quartile, the median, the third quartile, and the maximum value of the data.
A box-and-whisker diagram (also called a boxplot) is used to display
information of a set of data, including the minimum value, the first
10 selected bottles from filling line A that we have discussed in Section 5.1.
Below is a box-and-whisker diagram for the volumes of soft drink in the
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ortile (0,) are marked by the left edge and the right edge of the box,
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eights of
contains 25% of the data.
median
maximum value
minimum value
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of constructing a box-and-whisker diagram are given below:
steps
The
MATH FOGUE
Draw a box that reaches from the first quartile to the
third quartile on a horizontal scale.
Draw a vertical line segment across the box at the
median.
Step 1.
Step 2.
Draw a line segment from the left edge of the box to
the minimum value.
Siep 3.
Draw a line segment from the right edge of the box to
the maximum value.
Step 4.
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