Question

Explain how to draw a box and whisker plot of the data below 33,42,18,13,8,26,42,47,28,22,35,13,29,20,39,37,10

Answer 1

1. Put all of these numbers in order 8, 10, 13, 13, 18, 20, 22, 26, 28, 29, 33, 35, 37, 39, 42, 42, 47
2. Find which number is in the middle (28)
3. On each side of the middle number find the middle of those (15.5 and 38 respectively)
4. Make the box and whisker plot minimum at 8, start box at 15.5, line in box at 28, end box at 38, and end plot at 47