Graphical Representations of Summary Statistics

AP Statistics· difficulty 3/5

The modified boxplot displays a distribution with one isolated point.

Modified Boxplot

What does the isolated red point represent?

  • A

    The median

  • B

    Q3

  • C

    The mean

  • D

    An outlier (beyond 1.5×IQR from a quartile)

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Explanation

Modified boxplots use whiskers extending only to the most extreme non-outliers; outliers are plotted individually.

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