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Multiple Boxplots

Subject Area
Math: Statistics: Displaying and Describing Univariate Data
Level
9-12
Activity Time
45 Minutes
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TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
TI-Nspire Version
3.0
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS

Multiple Boxplots

Activity Overview

This lesson involves analyzing three parallel boxplots.

Objectives

  • Students will interpret comparative boxplots.

Vocabulary

  • boxplot
  • five-number summary
  • interquartile range
  • maximum
  • mean
  • median
  • minimum
  • outlier
  • Q1 (lower quartile) and Q3 (upper quartile)

About the Lesson

This lesson involves analyzing three parallel boxplots.

As a result, students will:

  • Make conjectures about the distribution of grades for three students.
  • Compare the distribution of grades for the three students using information obtained from the boxlplots.

Subject Area
Math: Statistics: Displaying and Describing Univariate Data
Level
9-12
Activity Time
45 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
TI-Nspire Version
3.0
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS
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