Chapter SR34, Problem 7P

Solution

To draw a box-and-whisker plot to display the given data.

  

Given:

The data, $\text{\$8}\text{.50,}\text{\$6,}\text{\$10,}\text{\$14}\text{.25,}\text{\$5}\text{.75,}\text{\$7,}\text{\$6}\text{.50,}\text{\$14,}\text{\$10,}\text{\$9,}\text{\$6}\text{.5,}\text{\$8}\text{.25,}\text{\$8}\text{.50,}\text{\$11}\text{.25,}\text{\$7,}\text{\$16,}\text{\$12,}\text{\$6,}\text{\$6}\text{.75}$

Concept used:

To draw a box-and-whisker, first plot the least and maximum data value and plot a box between first quartile and third quartile. And on the box, display the mean of the data.

Calculation:

The box-and-whisker plot of the given data is shown below