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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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