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Box-and-Whisker Plots Instructional VideoBox-and-Whisker Plots Instructional Video
Publisher
Khan Academy
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Grade
7th - 11th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
10:05
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Duration
15 mins
Instructional Strategies
Flipped Classroom
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Closed Captions
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Year
2011
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Instructional Video

Box-and-Whisker Plots

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Elucidating the concept of box-and-whisker plots, Sal explains not only how to generate the diagram but also how to read one. He uses several examples to help young mathematicians become familiar with the format and explains its real-world applications.

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Concepts

data analysis, graphs, statistics

Additional Tags

organizing data, statistics, box-and-whisker plot, percentiles, math

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Lesson Plan

Box-and-Whisker Plots

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The teacher demonstrates how to use a graphing calculator to create box-and-whisker plots and identify critical points. Small groups then create their own plots and analyze them and finish by comparing different sets of data using box...
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CCSS: Adaptable
Performance

Box-and-Whisker Activity

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Think inside the box. Working in small groups, pupils design a study to answer comparing two data sets. Team members collect data and construct box-and-whisker plots and analyze them to prove or disprove their hypothesis. They develop...
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Instructional Video

Box-and-Whisker Plots

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Whiskers are more than just a cat facial feature! Learn how the whiskers of a box-and-whisker help make conclusions about a data set. An instructor first explains how to create a box-and-whisker and then how to read it. Several examples...
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Stem-and-Leaf Plots, Applying Mathematical Reasoning, Pre-Algebra

Khan Academy
Sal helps with data organization in this video, which focuses on stem and leaf plots. Clarifying that "this is just one of many, many, many ways to visualize data that you will run into in your mathematical or statistical futures," he...
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Lesson Plan

Box-and-Whisker Plots

Laying the Foundation
Statistics is made approachable, and dare we say fun, in this activity on using box-and-whisker plots to analyze and compare data sets. Specific emphasis is placed on interpretations and explanations while graphing, and in using the...
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Lesson Plan

Box-and-Whisker Plots

Willow Tree
Whiskers are not just for cats! Pupils create box-and-whisker plots from given data sets. They analyze the data using the graphs as their guide.
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CCSS: Adaptable
Interactive

Create and Understand Box-and-Whisker Plots: Babies in a Waiting Room

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Explore the strengths and weaknesses of box-and-whisker data display. An interactive lesson asks learners to create a box-and-whisker plot from a set of data. Challenge questions focus on determining what types of conclusions they can...
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Khan Academy: Algebra: Box and Whisker Plot

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Virtual Nerd: What Is a Box and Whisker Plot?

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Instructional Video

Virtual Nerd: How Do You Make a Box and Whisker Plot?

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