Question

Why are box and whisker plots called box and whisker plots? links, paragraphs please.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Box and whisker plots are called "box and whisker plots" because of the way that the lower quartile, mean, median, upper quartile, minimum, and the maximum all work together to come up with a box and whisker plot. Another reason is because when the number are on a number line and the box and whisker plot is on the top it looks rather similar to a cat with the minimum and the maximum on both ends with the median becoming the nose.

Answer 2

there is a box in the middle and lines( which can be called whiskers) on the side

Explanation:

lower quartile, upper quartile, and median make the box. Least and greates value make the whiskers

Wikipedia:

In addition to the box on a box plot, there can be lines (which are called whiskers) extending from the box indicating variability outside the upper and lower quartiles, thus, the plot is also termed as the box-and-whisker plot and the box-and-whisker diagram.