What is the purpose of a box and whisker plot? Check all that apply.
a) shows the mode of a set of data
b) to tell the story of a tiger found inside a shipping container.
c) shows the middle of a set of data
d) shows the mean of a set of data
e) shows the variability of a set of data
c) shows the middle of a set of data
e) shows the variability of a set of data
The purpose of a box and whisker plot is to show:
c) the middle of a set of data (typically the median)
e) the variability of a set of data (range, interquartile range, outliers)
So the correct options are c) and e).