How to Do Box and Whisker Plots?

Sort the data from smallest to largest

Find the minimum value

Find the first quartile

Find the median

Find the third quartile

Find the maximum value

Calculate the interquartile range

Draw a number line

Plot the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum

Draw a box from the first quartile to the third quartile

Draw a line inside the box at the median

Draw whiskers from the box to the minimum and maximum values

Check for outliers if needed

Label the plot with the data set name and scale

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