Re: The Box-and-Whisker Plot
Posted by Kabelo on 4/09/06

This is especially to Nick; I'm interested to know in which
Microsoft excel programme do you find the Box and whisker
plot/chart option. I've looked through mine (2003 version)and
have seen nothing of the sort. Thanks.


On 3/16/06, Nick wrote:
> It is used by people interested in statistics and is a
simple
> way of showing normal and extreme ranges. My daughter used
> them in her 9th grade science to show her experimental
> results. If your son is expected to use them then they
> should have been explained. It is a chart option in
Microsoft
> Excel so once results are recorded it is a simple matter to
> produce them.
>
> On 3/14/06, Perplexed Mom wrote:
>> 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.

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• 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.