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Words to Describe Data Distribution

CENTERthe middle

position in the data

set.

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BOX-and- WHISKER PLOT

Tofind

theinterquartile

range:

1)Order

thedatafromleastto

greatest.

2)Findthemedianofthe

data.

3)Ifthe

medianisavaluein

theset,p

utaboxaroundit.

OR

Ifthemedianisnotavaluein

theset,p

lacealinebetween

thetwop

iecesofdatathatit

fallsbetw

een.

4)Findthemedianofthedata

abovethemedian.Thisisthe

upperq

uartile.Circleit.

5)Findthemedianofthedata

belowthemedian.Thisisthe

lowerquartile.Circleit.

6)Findthedifferencebetwee

n

theuppe

randlowerquartiles.

Thisisth

einterquartile

range.