Answer to Question #130297 in Statistics and Probability for Sofia

Question

Peter created a presentation for his boss showing the average number of copies the accounting department makes during a one week period. He wants to show the mean and median of the number of copies made during a week. What is an alternative data display that would better convey the information?

Answer 1

Box and Whisker plot ;it displays the five number summary i.e Median, Upper Quartile, Lower Quartile, Highest value, Lowest value.It shows the spread of data and mean can also be included in the display.