{"id":870,"date":"2023-03-20T19:17:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/chapter\/comparing-boxplot-data-and-displays-apply-it-2\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T22:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T22:40:20","slug":"comparing-boxplot-data-and-displays-apply-it-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/chapter\/comparing-boxplot-data-and-displays-apply-it-2\/","title":{"raw":"Boxplot Data and Displays: Apply It 2","rendered":"Boxplot Data and Displays: Apply It 2"},"content":{"raw":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Read information from a boxplot and make conclusions<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Compare boxplots<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<h2 id=\"bxplot_compare\">Comparing Multiple Distributions<\/h2>\r\n<p>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.<\/p>\r\n<p>Let's first investigate a statement the Center made about the <em>average<\/em> 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].[footnote] Tax Policy Center. (2018, February 16).\u00a0<em>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.\u00a0<\/em>htpps:\/\/www.taxpolicycenter.org\/model-estimates\/individual-income-tax-provisions-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-tcja-february-2019\/t18-0025[\/footnote] However, as we\u2019ve seen before, averages can be misleading and uninformative.<\/p>\r\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\">[ohm2_question hide_question_numbers=1]2103[\/ohm2_question]<\/section>\r\n<p>Now, let's compare these distributions.<\/p>\r\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\">[ohm2_question hide_question_numbers=1]2105[\/ohm2_question]<\/section>\r\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\">[ohm2_question hide_question_numbers=1]2106[\/ohm2_question]<\/section>\r\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\">[ohm2_question hide_question_numbers=1]2107[\/ohm2_question]<\/section>\r\n<p><!-- pb_fixme --><\/p>","rendered":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\n<ul>\n<li>Read information from a boxplot and make conclusions<\/li>\n<li>Compare boxplots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<h2 id=\"bxplot_compare\">Comparing Multiple Distributions<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s first investigate a statement the Center made about the <em>average<\/em> 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].<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Tax Policy Center. (2018, February 16).\u00a0T18-0025 - 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.\u00a0htpps:\/\/www.taxpolicycenter.org\/model-estimates\/individual-income-tax-provisions-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-tcja-february-2019\/t18-0025\" id=\"return-footnote-870-1\" href=\"#footnote-870-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> However, as we\u2019ve seen before, averages can be misleading and uninformative.<\/p>\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ohm2103\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/ohm.one.lumenlearning.com\/multiembedq.php?id=2103&theme=lumen&iframe_resize_id=ohm2103&source=tnh\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\"><\/iframe><\/section>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s compare these distributions.<\/p>\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ohm2105\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/ohm.one.lumenlearning.com\/multiembedq.php?id=2105&theme=lumen&iframe_resize_id=ohm2105&source=tnh\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\"><\/iframe><\/section>\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ohm2106\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/ohm.one.lumenlearning.com\/multiembedq.php?id=2106&theme=lumen&iframe_resize_id=ohm2106&source=tnh\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\"><\/iframe><\/section>\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ohm2107\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/ohm.one.lumenlearning.com\/multiembedq.php?id=2107&theme=lumen&iframe_resize_id=ohm2107&source=tnh\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\"><\/iframe><\/section>\n<p><!-- pb_fixme --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-870-1\"> Tax Policy Center. 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