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Post: The Box-and-Whisker Plot
Posted by Perplexed Mom on 3/14/06
I was helping my son with 8th grade LEAP practice material
and came upon a math problem suing a box-and-whisker
plot. I have never heard of such a thing. I asked
several people I know including business and professional
people. They have never heard of it, except on professor
who told me it is sometimes used in academic papers. My
daughter has barely heard of it. The had just touched on
it in class, but it may be on the LEAP. I thought Louisiana wants to give students real-world
problems. What is real-world about a box-and-whisker
plot? Who uses that in real life besides math teachers
and some academics. Why don't math teachers give kids
real-world applications instead of things like stem-and-
leaf plots and box-and-whisker plots that normal people
don't use in the real world.
Posts on this thread, including this one
The Box-and-Whisker Plot, 3/14/06, by Perplexed Mom.
Re: The Box-and-Whisker Plot, 3/16/06, by Nick.
Re: The Box-and-Whisker Plot, 4/09/06, by Kabelo.
Re: The Box-and-Whisker Plot, 8/17/08, by student.
Re: The Box-and-Whisker Plot, 8/13/09, by Chan.
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