Module 13: Background You’ll Need 2

  • Use boxplots to compare variation in different groups of data

What should you pack?

Suppose you’re taking a trip across the country to visit several different friends. You’ll be traveling through Miami, Florida, Phoenix, Arizona, and Honolulu, Hawaii, but you’re not sure what kinds of clothes to pack. What’s the weather like in those cities? A quick Internet search tells you that the mean high temperature in each city is as follows:

City Mean High Temperature[1]
Miami [latex]84[/latex]°F
Phoenix [latex]87[/latex]°F
Honolulu [latex]84[/latex]°F

  1. U.S. climate data. (2021). https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/united-states/us