If the width of a box in a boxplot is very large, compared to the rest of the boxplot, what does that mean about the shape of the data set?
A)The data are very spread out in the middle.
B)The data are clumped tightly in the middle.
C)The data are not symmetric.
D)Not enough information to tell.

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A wide box indicates that there is a large range of values within the middle 50% of the data (the interquartile range), meaning that the data are very spread out in the middle.

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