Compare data displays using mean, median and range to describe and interpret numerical data sets in terms of location (centre) and spread(ACMSP283)
LO: To construct box and whisker plots
Know:
- How to use data to create a box and whisker plot
Understand:
- that a box and whisker plot can help us to visually represent data
Do:
- I can construct a box and whisker plot..
Box and Whisker Plots
Box and Whisker plots are an easy way of organizing data. It shows our min/max values as well as median of our data.

Creating Box and Whisker Plots
- Organize your data in ascending order (smallest to biggest)
- Find the min/max values
- Find the median of the data
- Find the median value of Quarter 1
- Find the median value of Quarter 3
- Draw your lines with min/max values
- Add in Q1 and Q3 values and draw box around the two values
- Add in your median value and draw a line to split the box.