As you work on your box and whisker plot project, feel free to use the resources below.
Practice
Practice interpreting box and whisker plot data with this activity:
Math IXL
Data Sets
Sea turtle nesting data: Click on the PDF links to find data tables that show the number of sea turtle nests for various species.
Weather and climate information: Data on temperature and precipitation for places around the globe. (Be careful not to click on ads!)
Monarch population data: Information about the numbers of monarch butterflies.
Shad population data: Information about the numbers of shad passing through Pennsylvania dams.
Box Plot Generators
Try using interactive software to generate box and whiskers plots.
A simple tool: Boxplot Grapher
A tool that does the math for you: Box Plot
Video Tutorials
Learn about outliers with this video.
The Math Dude explains how to calculate Q1, Q2, and Q3 here.
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