The interquartile range (IQR) is defined as the difference between the first and third quartiles (Q3 - Q1). What feature of the box-and-whisker plot does the IQR describe?

A. the median of the data set

B. the full length of the box-and-whisker plot

C. the length of the box of the box-and-whisker plot

D. the average length of the two whiskers of the box-and-whisker plot

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Terrance Donovan

29 December, 18:22

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Jeffrey Stokes · Answer 1

Jeffrey Stokes 29 December, 18:30

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C because if the box plot

Jake Marquez · Answer 2

C, because the "box" part of the box-and-whisker plot consists of Q1, Q2, and Q3