Question

A set of data is described in the following box-and-whisker plot. The ____ of this set is 8.

Range
upper quartile
median
interquartile range

Answer 1

Range: the maximum is 11 and the minimum is 3. Range is the max minus the min, so 11-3=8.

Answer 2

The correct answer is Range.

Explanation:

For box-and-whisker plot, the range is illustrated by the distance between the opposite ends of the whiskers, you ignoring the outliers.

In this case, the whisker starts at 3 and ends at 11.

Range = 11-3 = 8.