You Have Just Concluded a 60-Day Study of Efficiency Levels

question 59

Multiple Choice

You have just concluded a 60-day study of efficiency levels at the Peekskill Wind Farm.Results, in % efficiency, are summarized below. If you were to draw a box-and-whisker plot to display survey results, which one of these statements about the proper plot would be true?

• A)The width of the box would be 22.
• B)The vertical line drawn inside the box would correspond to the mean value of 38.3.
• C)The right whisker would extend out to 52.
• D)The left whisker would extend down to 15.
• E)The left whisker would extend down to 28.

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