[Solved] MATH225N-13711 Week 3 Assignment: Quartiles and Box Plots

Question 1

The following frequency table summarizes a set of data. What is the five-number summary?

Value  Frequency
9 3
10 3
11 1
13 3
14 1
15 5
16 1
17 1
18 1

Ans:

Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
9 11 14 16 18
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
9 10 11 17 18
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
9 11 15 16 18
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
9 10 11 15 18
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
9 10 13 15 18

Question 2

Given the following frequency table of data, what is the potential outlier?

Value Frequency
11 1
12 2
13 12
14 6
15 7
16 2
17 0
18 0
19 0
20 0
21 0
22 0
23 1

Ans:

Question 3

The five number summary for a set of data is given below.

Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
67 68 80 81 86

What is the interquartile range of the set of data?

Ans:

Question 4

The five number summary for a set of data is given below.

Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
54 56 80 86 87

Using the interquartile range, which of the following are outliers? Select all correct answers.

Ans:

Question 5

The following frequency table summarizes a set of data. What is the five-number summary?

Value  Frequency
12 2
13 1
14 1
15 4
17 5
18 2
19 3
21 1

Ans:

 

Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
12 14 16 18 21
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
12 15 17 18 21
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
12 15 18 20 21
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
12 13 14 20 21
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
12 15 16 18 21

 

Question 6

A data set lists the number of extra credit points awarded on midterm scores of 15 students taking a statistics course. For this data set, the minimum is 3, the median is 15, the third quartile is 16, the interquartile range is 4, and the maximum is 19. Construct a box-and-whisker plot that shows the extra credit points awarded.

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Question 7

A data set lists the number of times each student raised their hand during an algebra class. For this data set, the minimum is 1, the first quartile is 8, the median is 10, the interquartile range is 3, and the maximum is 13. Construct a box-and-whisker plot that shows the number of times students raised their hand.

Ans:

Question 8

The following frequency table summarizes a set of data. What is the five-number summary?

Value  Frequency
8 2
9 1
10 2
11 3
12 4
13 1
14 1
16 1

Ans:

Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
8 9 12 13 16
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
8 10 11 12 16
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
8 10 11 13 16
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
8 10 11 15 16
         

Question 9

The following frequency table summarizes a set of data. What is the five-number summary?

Value  Frequency
7 2
8 3
10 2
11 1
13 2
14 2
16 1
17 2

Ans:

Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
7 8 11 14 17
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
7 11 12 13 17
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
7 8 13 15 17
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
7 9 12 13 17
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
7 8 9 16 17

Question 10

The five number summary for a set of data is given below.

Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
68 70 74 80 88

What is the interquartile range of the set of data?
Enter just the number as your answer. For example, if you found that the interquartile range was 25, you would enter 25.

Ans:

Question 11

The five number summary for a set of data is given below.

Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
76 84 89 98 99

Using the interquartile range, which of the following are outliers? Select all correct answers.

Ans: 6, 42, 97, 111, 116

Question 12

A data set lists the number of times a machine breaks each month in a clothing factory over the past year. For this data set, the minimum is 4, the median is 14, the third quartile is 17, the interquartile range is 6, and the maximum is 18. Construct a box-and-whisker plot that shows the number of times the machine breaks.

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Question 13

A data set lists the number of hours each student, from a finance class, studied for a midterm. For this data set, the minimum is 3, the median is 6, the third quartile is 9, the interquartile range is 5, and the maximum is 17. Construct a box-and-whisker plot that shows the number of hours studied. Begin by first placing the middle dot on the median. Then work on placing the rest of the points starting with the ones closest to the median.

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Solution

Question 1

The following frequency table summarizes a set of data. What is the five-number summary?

Value  Frequency
9 3
10 3
11 1
13 3
14 1
15 5
16 1
17 1
18 1

Ans:

Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
9 11 14 16 18
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
9 10 11 17 18
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
9 11 15 16 18
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
9 10 11 15 18
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
9 10 13 15 18

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