Texas Instruments TI-84 PLUS SILV Guidebook - Page 313

Comparing Test Results Using Box Plots Problem An experiment found a significant difference between boys and girls pertaining to their ability to identify objects held in their left hands, which are controlled by the right side of their brains, versus their right hands, which are controlled by the left side of their brains. The TI Graphics team conducted a similar test for adult men and women. The test involved 30 small objects, which participants were not allowed to see. First, they held 15 of the objects one by one in their left hands and guessed what they were. Then they held the other 15 objects one by one in their right hands and guessed what they were. Use box plots to compare visually the correct-guess data from this table. Each row in the table represents the results observed for one subject. Note that 10 women and 12 men were tested. Women Left 8 9 12 11 10 8 12 7 9 11 Correct Guesses Women Right Men Left 4 7 1 8 8 7 12 5 11 7 11 8 13 11 12 4 11 10 12 14 13 5 Men Right 12 6 12 12 7 11 12 8 12 11 9 9 Procedure 1. Press ... 5 to select 5:SetUpEditor. Enter list names WLEFT, WRGHT, MLEFT, and MRGHT, separated by commas. Press Í. The stat list editor now contains only these four lists. (See Chapter 11: Lists for detailed instructions for using the SetUpEditor.) 2. Press ... 1 to select 1:Edit. 3. Enter into WLEFT the number of correct guesses each woman made using her left hand (Women Left). Press ~ to move to WRGHT and enter the number of correct guesses each woman made using her right hand (Women Right). 4. Likewise, enter each man's correct guesses in MLEFT (Men Left) and MRGHT (Men Right). Chapter 17: Activities 306