RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS

MEASURES OF CENTER AND SPREAD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A ____ is a graphical display of the five number summary.
A
stemplot
B
histogram
C
dotplot
D
boxplot
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A box and whisker plot-also called a box plot-displays the five-number summary of a set of data. The five-number summary is the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum. In a box plot, we draw a box from the first quartile to the third quartile. A vertical line goes through the box at the median.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Box Plot is the visual representation of the statistical five number summary of a given data set.

Detailed explanation-3: -What Is a Boxplot? A boxplot is a standardized way of displaying the distribution of data based on a five number summary (“minimum”, first quartile [Q1], median, third quartile [Q3] and “maximum”). It can tell you about your outliers and what their values are.

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