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Med-box plot (medbox), Histogram bar graph (histogram) – Casio ClassPad 300 PLUS User Manual

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Graphing Single-Variable Statistical Data

Med-Box Plot (MedBox)

This type of graph is often called a “Box and Whisker” graph. It lets you see how a large
number of data items are grouped within specific ranges.

minX

Q1

Med

Q3 maxX

minX

minimum

Description

Label

Meaning

The data’s smallest value

Q1

First Quartile

The median between minX and Med.

Med

Median

The median of all the data values. If you have 13 values, for
example, this is the value at position seven (six values left
and right).

Q3

Third Quartile

The median between maxX and Med.

maxX

maximum

The data’s largest value

• The lines from minX to Q1, and from Q3 to maxX are called “whiskers”.

Histogram Bar Graph (Histogram)

A histogram shows the frequency (frequency distribution) of each data class as a rectangular
bar. Classes are on the horizontal axis, while frequency is on the vertical axis.

k Graph Parameter Settings (page 7-3-3, 7-3-4)

• [XList] specifies the list that contains the data to be graphed.
• [Freq] specifies the frequency of the data.

Tap [OK].

e

A dialog box like the one shown above appears before the graph is drawn.
You can use this dialog box to change the start value (HStart) and step value
(HStep) of the histogram, if you want.