Demystifying - Drawing a box plot

Drills

The five values a box plot shows, from a list or a cumulative frequency graph.

Author note — to cover (Higher)

Higher only. Draw box plots on a scaled axis from five given values, from a small ordered list, or from readings taken off a cumulative frequency graph: minimum, lower quartile, median, upper quartile, maximum. Construction only; reading and comparing come later. No outlier-whisker conventions, which are A level. (S4)

  • Fluency — direct questions on drawing a box plot, limited to this lesson's stated scope (4 questions).
  • Application — use the same skill in unfamiliar or contextual questions without introducing a later method (4 questions).
  • Check — questions built around the exclusions and likely misconceptions named in the lesson brief (4 questions).

The test

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Where to go next

The method this drill practises is taught on Drawing a box plot.