Question

Porter is a dog walker. For 10 days, he tracked the distance he walked with a dalmatian named Duke and the distance he walked with a poodle named Stella. Porter recorded his results in these box plots.

The table shows the median and interquartile range for the 10-day samples.

Duke's Median & Interquartile Range: 3, 2
Stella's Median & Interquartile Range: 1.5, 1

If the samples are representative, what does this data suggest about the distances Duke and Stella walk? Complete the paragraph.

Duke typically ___ Stella. Also, there is ___ variability in the distance Duke walks than there is in the distance Stella walks.

Answer 1

Duke typically walks farther than Stella. Also, there is more variability in the distance Duke walks than there is in the distance Stella walks.