A Graphical Device That Highlights the Highest and Lowest Values

question 74

Multiple Choice

A graphical device that highlights the highest and lowest values in a data set, along with a number of other key observations in an ordered array of the data, such as the upper quartile, the middle value (or median) , and the lower quartile, is called:

• A) a boxplot
• B) a five-number summary
• C) a dotplot
• D) a stem-and-leaf plot
• E) a histogram

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