Question

The time spent studying in hours on a daily basis of nine different students was used to create the box plot shown above. Which of the sets of times below matches the given box plot?

Answer 1

B.) 0, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2.5

Explanation:

From the box plot, we can obtain the 5 - Numbe summary and compare with the values in the options given :

Kindly note that each tick mark on the box plot is seperated by a unit of 0.25

Minimum = 0 (starting point of left whisker)

Lower quartile = 0.25 (start point of box)

Median = 0.5 (point in between the box)

Upper quartile = 1.25 (end point of the box)

Maximum = 2.5 (end point of right whisker)

In ascending order we have ;

0, 0.25, 0.5, 1.25, 2.5

The data which best matches the plot is 0, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2.5