Box Plot Exploration Questions
Collect the following data from your classmates, recording it in a table like the one below.
Think carefully about your answer,
and be careful to record information
accurately.
- Gender: Boy or girl
- Height: Height in inches while standing at attention
- Journey: Estimated number of minutes it takes to get to school from home
- TV Hours: Estimated number of hours of TV watched per week (including
Saturday and Sunday)
Gender | Height |
Journey | TV Hours |
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Build appropriate box plots to answer the questions below:
- What is tallest height in the class? The shortest?
- Estimate the median height in the class.
- Are boys' heights different from girls' heights? For example,
are the medians different? Are the middle 50%'s different?
- What is the first quartile for the length of the journey to school for
the class? The median? The third quartile?
- Are the journeys similar for boys and girls?
- How long does it take the boy with the shortest journey to get to school? The boy
with the longest?
- What is the median number of hours of TV watched per week by the class?
- Do boys watch more TV or less TV than girls?
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