This lesson considers the five-number summary statistics – the minimum, median, maximum, and first and third quartiles – including their calculations and interpretation, and how to use them to construct a boxplot to identify skewness and outliers.
Sample Topics
- Rolling dice
- Contamination levels
- Snowfall
- Quiz scores
Lesson Targets
- Generate the five-number summary statistics
- Construct a boxplot
- Learn how to identify skewness and outliers
- Construct side-by-side boxplots for comparing data sets
Materials Included
- Lesson overview with instructor's notes
- Activity sheet containing 6 exercises
- Activity answer key
- Minitab data sets