The purpose of this task is to allow students to demonstrate an ability to construct boxplots and to use boxplots as the basis for comparing distributions.
General Information
Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Suggested Technology:
Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Office
Instructional Time:
10 Minute(s)
Keywords: boxplots, distributions, measures of center, measures of variability, outlier, median
Instructional Component Type(s):
Problem-Solving Task
Resource Collection:
Illustrative Mathematics