Question

A teacher wants to find the average (mean) grade on a math test. The gradebook program can provide data about the class as a stem-and-leaf plot or as a box-and-whisker plot. Which plot should she use? Why?

Answer 1

Box-and-whisker plot

Explanation:

Box-and-whisker plot is a graph commonly used to not only find the mean but find the minimum, maximum, third and first quartile. In order to calculate the mean of a set of data, you have to rearrange the data and the middle number separating one half of the set, from the other half of the set is the mean. Box-and-whisker plot can accurately show the average grade on this math test.

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