Our Observations

With all our boxplots completed, we finally had a chance to analyze the data. Here's what we discovered.

 

Observations by Gender

The male minimum is the same as the female minimum. - Julia C.

The female median is higher than the male median. - Casey H.

Both males and females have outliers and extreme outliers on the high end. - Dean T.

 

Observations by Grade Level

Kindergarten and first grade have the same median. - Marisa M.

The spread of the sixth grade is the largest of all. - Julia C.

The medians range from about 5 - 20%. The whiskers range from 1 - 37%. - Matt B.

 

Observations by School Division

The Lower School median is almost the same as the Upper School Q1. - Marisa M.

The Upper School's spread is just a tad larger than the Lower School's spread. - Julia C.

The spread gets the biggest in the Middle School. - Lisle O.

The Middle School's backpack ratios are greater than any other division's. - Lee G.

 

Possible Explanations For the Resulting Data - read some of our opinions!

 

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