Student Learning outcome: Use the Five-Number Summary to Create a Boxplot to Describe a Data Set
In this activity, you will investigate the relationship between boxplot shapes and the corresponding five-number summary.

Step 1. Review

Review the learning resources for this lesson before studying the case problem.

Step 2. Analyze

Analyze the case problem below.

The accompanying figure shows four boxplots labeled A to D. Also given are four five-number summaries, labeled I to IV. Match each five-number summary to the appropriate boxplot. Note that scales are not included on the boxplots, so you will have to consider what the five-number summary implies about the characteristics of the boxplot.

Step 3. Respond

Respond to the case problem by showing the boxplot properties, logic steps, and reasoning you used to match each figure with its corresponding five-number summary.

Step 4. Share

To share your work, access to the first post below and click on the “Reply” button under this post and paste your work into the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

In this activity, you will discuss factors of data collection that affect the shape, particularly the skewness, of the data distribution. 

Step 1. Review

Review the learning resources for this lesson before answering the question.

Step 2. Analyze

Analyze and discuss the question below.

Respond to the case problem by writing a 300-500-word discussion post with the following inclusions.

Step 4. Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work into the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”