Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #14169: Creating box and whisker plots - Contradicing video
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-02-19 05:45:46+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, wrong-or-unclear, xp

And if someone manages to find the video in the video list, it VERY CLEARLY states that the main median IS included in finding the upper and lower medians. However, you are NOT doing this. So the instructions in the video will make people get this wrong.

Since BOTH are valid methods for making a box-and-whiskers plot, this should be done like the slope-intercept section where there are two right answers!

[creating_box_and_whisker_plots.html?seed=127&problem=0](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/creating_box_and_whisker_plots.html?seed=127&problem=0&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/creating_box_and_whisker_plots.html?seed=127&problem=0&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5B3%2C8%2C10%2C11%2C15%5D%22%2C587%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%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%22correct-activity%22%2C%22%5B3%2C7%2C10%2C11%2C15%5D%22%2C38%5D%5D)

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