Question

- Critique Reasoning Tanya recorded the ages
of 10 local babysitters: 20, 16, 18, 13, 14, 13,
12, 16, 22, 18. She says that the box plot below
shows the distribution of ages. What error did
she make?
Babysitters
HHHHHH
12
14
10
16
18
20
22
24
Age in Years

Answer 1

The error made by Tnaya in constructing the box plot is the first quartile and third quartile depicited is wrong.

What is a box plot?

A box plot is used to study the distribution and level of a set of data. The box plot consists of two lines known as whiskers and a box. The first whisker represents the minimum value and the last whisker represents the maximum value.

On the box, the first line to the left represents the first quartile. 25% of the score represents the lower quartile. The next line on the box represents the median. 50% of the score represents the median. The third line on the box represents the third quartile. 75% of the scores represents the third quartile.

For the data given, the:

• Minimum value = 12
• Maximum value = 22
• Median = 16
• First quartile  = 11/4 = 2.75 = 13

• Third quartile = 3/4 x 11 = 8.25 = 23

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