Using a graphic display calculator
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Casio fx-9860GII
5.5 Drawing a box and whisker diagram from a list
Example 44
Draw a box and whisker diagram for this data:
1, 1, 3, 9, 2.
Enter the data in List 1 (see Example 40).
Press
F1
GRPH and
F6
SET.
By default the graph type is Scatter Diagram (Scat). Change this to MedBox
(Box) and leave XList as List 1, the Frequency as 1 and Outliers off.
Press
EXIT
and press
Press
SHIF T
F1
(Trace).
Use the
key to move the cursor over the plot to see the quartiles, Q1 and
Q3, the median and the maximum and minimum values.
5.6 Drawing a box and whisker diagram from a frequency table
Example 45
Draw a box and whisker diagram for this data:
Number 12345
Frequency 34652
Enter the data in List 1 and List 2 (see Example 41).
Press
F1
GRPH and
F6
SET.
By default the graph type is Scatter Diagram (Scat). Change this to
MedBox (Box). Leave XList as List 1, set the Frequency as List 2 and
leave Outliers off.
You should see this display.
Press
EXIT
and press
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