Boxplot Builder

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About This MicroSim

Build boxplots interactively and understand how each component relates to the five-number summary.

How to Use

• Drag data points to see the boxplot update in real-time
• Click Build Step-by-Step to see the construction process
• Choose different distribution types (symmetric, right-skewed, left-skewed)
• Toggle Labels and Table to customize the display

Lesson Plan

Learning Objective

Students will construct and interpret boxplots by connecting numerical summary statistics to their visual representation (Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying, Creating).

Activities

1. Build a boxplot step-by-step to understand each component
2. Create symmetric vs. skewed distributions and observe the boxplot shape
3. Predict how moving a point will change the boxplot before dragging it