Which of the following numbers do you need to make a box and whisker plot? Check all that apply.

Question

the number of whiskers a cat inside a box has.

the mode of a set of data

The first quartile, or the median of the smallest half of the data

the median

the smallest number in a data set

an unknown value (like x)

the largest number in a data set

the mean or average of the set of data

the third quartile, or the median of the largest half of the data.

Answer 1

The first quartile, the median, the third quartile, the smallest number in a data set, and the largest number in a data set are needed to make a box and whisker plot.