Construct and Interpret Box and Whisker Plots

By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

1. understand the purpose of box and whisker plots in summarizing data distributions;
2. create and interpret box and whisker plots for different data sets;
3. analyze and compare data sets using box and whisker plots.

Curriculum Alignment: Key Stage 4: Statistics

• Interpret, analyse and compare the distributions of data sets from univariate empirical distributions through:
  • appropriate graphical representation involving discrete, continuous and grouped data, {including box plots}.
  • appropriate measures of central tendency (including modal class) and spread {including quartiles and inter-quartile range}.