Which of the following best describes the width of the box in the box-and-whisker plot?
A) The width of the box is the median.
B) The width of the box is the range.
C) The width of the box is the interquartile range.
D) The width of the box is the standard deviation.

Question

Which of the following best describes the width of the box in the box-and-whisker plot? 
A) The width of the box is the median.
B) The width of the box is the range.
C) The width of the box is the interquartile range.
D) The width of the box is the standard deviation.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The width of the box in a box-and-whisker plot represents the interquartile range, which is the range of the middle 50% of the data. This is often considered a more useful measure of variability than the range, which includes all of the data, or the standard deviation, which can be heavily influenced by outliers.

Which of the Following Best Describes the Width of the Box