1. Displaying Numerical Data Using Box Plots

2. Warm Up OBJECTIVE: SWBAT display numerical data using box plots.
Language Objective: SWBAT use content specific vocabulary to describe all parts of a box plot to a partner.
A group of taste testers reviewed a brand of natural peanut butter. They gave the peanut butter a rating of points depending on its quality. The ratings are below:
Find the minimum, maximum, median, range, and interquartile
range (IQR) for this set of data.
Challenge: What would the 15th score have to be in order for the peanut butter to have a mean rating of 63 points?
Min = 34 points Max = 89 points Median = 61.5 points Range = 55 points Interquartile range (IQR) = 12 points
86 points

3. Warm Up OBJECTIVE: SWBAT display numerical data using box plots.
Language Objective: SWBAT use content specific vocabulary to describe all parts of a box plot to a partner.
A group of taste testers reviewed a brand of natural peanut butter. They gave the peanut butter a rating of points depending on its quality. The ratings are below:
IQR = Q3 – Q1
Find the minimum, maximum, median, range, and interquartile
range (IQR) for this set of data.
Challenge: What would the 15th score have to be in order for the peanut butter to have a mean rating of 63 points?
Min = 34 points Max = 89 points Median = 61.5 points Range = 55 points Interquartile range (IQR) = 12 points
86 points

4. Launch Whole Class
A box plot is one of the ways this data can be displayed.

5. Launch Whole Class
Example of a box plot:

6. Launch Vocabulary Box Plot:
A graph that uses a rectangle (box) to represent the middle 50% of a set of data and “whiskers” at both ends to represent the remainder of the data.

7. Launch Turn-and-talk
A box plot is constructed from the five-number summary of a set of data.
Using the graph and what you know about range and interquartile range, what do you think the five-number summary consists of?

8. Launch Turn-and-talk
A box plot is constructed from the five-number summary of a set of data.
Using the graph and what you know about range and interquartile range, what do you think the five-number summary consists of?

9. Five-Number Summary Minimum Lower Quartile (Q1) Median
Upper Quartile (Q3)
Maximum
Median = 61.5
Minimum
Upper Quartile (Q3)
Lower Quartile (Q1)
Maximum

10. Launch Think-Pair-Share
The box plot below shows how the five-number summary corresponds to the box and whiskers of the box plot.
Based on the figures above, how do you make a box plot using the five-number summary?

11. Launch Notes
Once you have found the five-number summary, follow these steps to make a box plot: 1. Write the data in order from least to greatest 2. Draw a number line that can show the data in equal intervals 3. Mark the median 4. Mark the median of the upper half (the upper quartile, or Q3) 5. Mark the median of the lower half (the lower quartile, or Q1) 6. Mark the maximum (the greatest number) 7. Mark the minimum (the lowest number) 8. Draw a box between the lower quartile and the upper quartile 9. Draw a vertical line through the median inside the box 10. Draw two horizontal lines ("whiskers") from the rectangle to the extremes (minimum and maximum)

12. Copy in your journal

13. Explore – Class Challenge!
In your head, estimate the NUMBER OF HOURS you spend
using electronics in ONE WEEK . -TV -Computer -Video Games, etc.
On the paper in front of you, in large writing, write your estimate.
Without talking, form a line from least to greatest in the front of the room. Hold your estimates in front of you for people to see.

14. Explore Number of hours per week 6th graders spend using electronics.
Write all the numbers in order on the board.
To Do:
1) Quietly return to your seat
2) Record the information above in your notes

15. Explore –
Next Steps:
Using the data, independently find the five-number summary
in your notes
Compare your five-number summary with your partner.

16. Answer in Journal Questions to discuss:
-Based on the data that we collected, how much time does the typical student spend using electronics weekly?
-When are box plots useful? For example, why would someone choose to create a box plot instead of a bar graph?
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17. Explore Whole Class
Let’s compare your box plot with a box plot that was created using an applet!
Online Tool
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18. Practice
The five-number summary divides a data distribution into four parts.
In this activity you will have to decide what percent of the data values fall in given intervals. 1 4 2 3
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19. Practice
About what percent of the data values fall in the following interval?
after the upper quartile
25%
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20. Practice
About what percent of the data values fall in the following interval?
before the median
50%
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21. Practice
About what percent of the data values fall in the following interval?
after the median
50%
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22. Practice
About what percent of the data values fall in the following interval?
in the box (between the upper and lower quartiles)
50%
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23. Practice
About what percent of the data values fall in the following interval?
before the upper quartile
75%
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24. Practice
About what percent of the data values fall in the following interval?
before the lower quartile
25%
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25. Practice
About what percent of the data values fall in the following interval?
after the lower quartile
75%
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26. Practice
About what percent of the data values fall in the following interval?
between the median and the upper quartile
25%
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27. Practice
About what percent of the data values fall in the following interval?
between the median and the lower quartile
25%
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28. Assessment
Ms. Simmons made the box-and-whisker plot below to show some statistics about the ages of the students in her class at a community college.
Which of the following best represents the median age of the students in her class?
A. 25
B. 27
C. 29
D. 31
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29. Assessment
The box-and-whisker plot below shows the distribution of the daily high temperatures, in degrees Fahrenheit, in the town of Clifton during the year 2004.
Based on the box-and-whisker plot, in which of the following intervals of temperatures is it most likely that exactly 50% of the daily high temperatures are located?
A. 38°F to 54°F
B. 38°F to 81°F
C. 54°F to 72°F
D. 54°F to 81°F
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30. Assessment
Ms. Dumont kept a record of the numbers of students enrolled in foreign language classes at Central High School during the past 20 years. She used her data to make the box-and-whisker plot shown below.
Based on Ms. Dumont’s plot, what is the interquartile range of the numbers of students enrolled in foreign language classes?
A. 5 C. 30
B D. 50
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31. Assessment
A community center offers classes for students. The range of the number of students in each class is 13. The median number of students in each class is 9. Which of the following box-and-whisker plots could represent the numbers of students in the classes?
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32. Assessment – True True or False? The class median is less than 80.
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33. Assessment – True True or False?
Half the class scored between 60 and 80.
True
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34. Assessment – True True or False?
At least one student earned a score of 100.
True
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35. Assessment – True True or False?
The class mean is probably less than the median.
True
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36. Assessment – False True or False?
If there are 30 students in the class, at least 10 scored above 80.
False
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