Practice question · Put in order
A box plot displays the five-number summary. Order those five values from lowest to highest.
- Median
- Maximum
- Third quartile (Q3)
- Minimum
- First quartile (Q1)
Hints
- The five-number summary runs from the smallest value up to the largest.
- Between the minimum and maximum sit Q1, the median, and Q3 in ascending order.
Show the answer
- Minimum
- First quartile (Q1)
- Median
- Third quartile (Q3)
- Maximum
Why
Minimum, Q1, median, Q3, maximum - ascending. The box spans Q1 to Q3 (the middle 50%), the line inside marks the median, and the whiskers reach toward the extremes.
Practise Data Visualization
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