The Five-Number Summary and the Boxplot (VCE SSCE General Mathematics): Quizzes
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What are the five values in the five-number summary?
What are the five values in the five-number summary?
Minimum, , , , Maximum
What does the box in a boxplot contain?
What does the box in a boxplot contain?
The middle 50% of all data values
What percentage of data lies between and the median?
What percentage of data lies between and the median?
25%
A value is an outlier if it lies more than how many IQRs beyond the quartiles?
A value is an outlier if it lies more than how many IQRs beyond the quartiles?
1.5
What is the formula for the upper fence?
What is the formula for the upper fence?
What percentage of values are less than ?
What percentage of values are less than ?
75%
What characterizes a symmetric distribution on a boxplot?
What characterizes a symmetric distribution on a boxplot?
Median in centre of box; equal whiskers
In a positively skewed distribution, where is the median positioned?
In a positively skewed distribution, where is the median positioned?
Toward the left side of the box
When drawing boxplots with outliers, where should the whiskers extend to?
When drawing boxplots with outliers, where should the whiskers extend to?
Smallest and largest non-outlier values
What four aspects should you address when describing a distribution?
What four aspects should you address when describing a distribution?
Shape, centre, spread, and outliers