Question

Listed below are the time, in years, it took particular students to graduate college. Use the data to answer the following questions.

3, 3.5, 4, 4, 4.5, 4.5, 4.5, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 5.5, 6.5, 6.5, 7, 7, 8, 10, 12

Find

a) Determine the minimum

b) Determine P20

c) Determine Q2

d) What percentile is 8 years?

e) What is the percentile of 4.5 years?

From the problem, use the 5-point summary to create a boxplot of the data.

Answer 1

Answer a) minimum =3

b) P20=4.2 (using R software)

c) Q2=median=5.25

Five point summary

minimum=3

Q1=4.5

Q2=5.25

mean=5.861

Q3=6.81

Maximum=12