Boxplot Data and Displays: Apply It 2

  • Read information from a boxplot and make conclusions
  • Compare boxplots

Comparing Multiple Distributions

The Tax Policy Center has a data set that can help us analyze the claims made in the two quotes about the U.S. 2017 Tax Reform bill from President Donald Trump in 2017 and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in 2021.

Let’s first investigate a statement the Center made about the average tax cut experienced from the law. According to the independent Tax Policy Center, the average income tax cut as a result of the law was $[latex]1,260[/latex].[1] However, as we’ve seen before, averages can be misleading and uninformative.

Now, let’s compare these distributions.

  1. Tax Policy Center. (2018, February 16). T18-0025 - The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA): All provisions and individual income tax provisions; distribution of federal tax change by expanded cash income percentile, 2018. htpps://www.taxpolicycenter.org/model-estimates/individual-income-tax-provisions-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-tcja-february-2019/t18-0025 ↵