Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #9682: Creating box and whisker plots - Contradicts Video
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-12-28 08:10:43+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, wrong-or-unclear, xp

In the Video, Sal states that the most comon method for a box-and-whiskers plot (the one he uses) is where you find the lower part EXCLUDING the center, and the upper part EXCLUDING the center.

See: http://www.khanacademy.org/video/box-and-whisker-plots?playlist=Developmental+Math+2

at 9:40 in.

He states that there is another method where you INCLUDE the main median in the upper and lower, but he is NOT going to use that.

Well guess what.... your problems here do exacly the OPPOSITE.

Here is the better conumdrum for you, since BOTH are valid, how are you going to make it accept both? It is either that, or WARN the users about which exact type they need to make.

[creating_box_and_whisker_plots.html?seed=69&problem=0](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/creating_box_and_whisker_plots.html?seed=69&problem=0&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/creating_box_and_whisker_plots.html?seed=69&problem=0&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5B0%2C2%2C4%2C6%2C10%5D%22%2C207%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C2%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C2%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C2%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%5D)

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