Statistics

Percentiles and Box-and-Whisker Plots

Content Objectives:  The students will be able to...

• interpret the meaning of percentile scores.
• compute the median quartiles, and five-number summary from raw data.
• make a box-and-whisker plot and interpret the results.

Language Objective:  The students will be able to describe how a box-and-whisker plot indicates spread of data about the median both orally and in written form.

Key Terms:  percentile, quartiles, interquartile range, five-number summary, box-and-whisker plot, whisker, outlier

Class Activities for January 10
Guided Reading 3.3
Determining Quartiles- Guided Exercise 7
How to make a vertical Box-and-Whisker Plot
Skills Practice 3.3A due Wednesday