Question

A survey of radio stations was conducted following the attacks on the World Trade Center in 20012001 . One of the variables recorded was the region in which the station was located (east, center, or west). In addition to the variable “region,” the following information was collected: the quartile of the media market (top, second, third, and fourth), state, rank (a number between 11 and 205205 ), and share (a number between 00 and 77 ).

Boxplots of station ranks by Region center coast Region2

The side-by-side boxplots of station rank, above, show:

similar minimum ranks between regions.

All of the answer options are correct.

different median ranks between the regions.

more variability in ranks of coast stations.

Answer 1

All of the answer options are correct.

The bottom lines indicate the minimum, which is same for both.

The middle line in the box indicate median, which is different for both

The total length of boxplot is more for coast, indicating higher variability.