A data set consisting of the number of hours each of 40 students watched
television over the weekend has a minimum value of 3 hours, a Q1 value of 5
hours, a median value of 6 hours, a Q3 value of 9 hours, and a maximum value of
12 hours. Draw a box plot representing this data distribution.
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Question 2
2.
What is the interquartile range (IQR) for this distribution? What percent of the
students fall within this interval?
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Question 3
3.
Do you think the data distribution represented by the box plot is a skewed
distribution? Why or why not?
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Question 4
4.
Estimate the typical number of hours students watched television. Explain why
you chose this value.
From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade Algebra i Mathematics Module 2, Topic A, Lesson 7. Internet. Available from https://www.engageny.org/resource/algebra-i-module-2...; accessed 17/Oct/2015.