Cumulative Frequency Diagrams & Box Plots

OCR Stage 8

Cumulative Frequency
Time t minutes Number of students Cumulative Frequency 0t<5 10 5t<10 16 10t<15 30 15t<20 22 20t<25 2

10

26

56

78

80

80 Cum freq Interquartile Range = 15 - 8 = 7 mins

60

x Median = Middle Value

40

x 20 x 8 12 15 15
10t<15 56

QUARTILES Lower Quartile = way Upper Quartile = way

5
t minutes CF 0t<5 10

10
26

20
15t<20 78

25

t mins
20t<25 80

5t<10

Box Plot
Lowest value Median Lower Quartile Upper Quartile Highest value

10

15

20

25

t mins

Comparing 2 sets of data

Cum freq

Median = 62kg Upper Quartile = 70kg Lower Quartile = 52kg Interquartile range = 70 52 = 18kg

Comparing 2 sets of data

Cum freq

Median = 78kg Upper Quartile = 89kg Lower Quartile = 66kg Interquartile range = 89 66 = 23kg

Box Plots
Median = 78kg 62kg Upper Quartile = 89kg 70kg GIRLS Lower Quartile = 66kg 52kg Highest = 112 96 Lowest = 40 34 BOYS

20

40

60 18 78 and 62

80 23

100

120

m kg

IQRs MEDIANS

Comparison statements
Boys have a larger MEDIAN so
on average, they are heavier than girls the average boy is 16kg heavier than the average girl

Boys have larger Interquartile Range so

boys weights vary more than girls weights

Why do we NOT use the Range?

One extreme value can distort the comparison