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MAT 210: Introductory Statistics: Outliers, Boxplots

Outliers, Boxplots

This section covers outliers in more depth and shows how to graph the data on a boxplot.

Vocabulary

Outlier - when the data point is smaller or larger than most of the other data.

Boxplot - a graphical display of the five number summary for a single quantitative variable. 

Side by side graph - when 2 graphs are used to show the relationship between a categorical variable and a quantitative variable. 

Recommended Exercises

Pages 97 & 98

2.120 - 2.129

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