Which of the following numbers do you need to make a box and whisker plot? Check all that apply.
the number of whiskers a cat inside a box has.
the mode of a set of data
The first quartile, or the median of the smallest half of the data
the median
the smallest number in a data set
an unknown value (like x)
the largest number in a data set
the mean or average of the set of data
the third quartile, or the median of the largest half of the data.
The first quartile, the median, the third quartile, the smallest number in a data set, and the largest number in a data set are needed to make a box and whisker plot.
To make a box and whisker plot, you need the following numbers:
- The first quartile, or the median of the smallest half of the data.
- The median.
- The third quartile, or the median of the largest half of the data.
- The smallest number in the data set.
- The largest number in the data set.
So the numbers you need are:
- The first quartile
- The median
- The third quartile
- The smallest number
- The largest number