In a local park, Jeremy collected data on the heights of two types of trees: Tree Type A and Tree Type
B. He displayed the data distributions using the following box plots.
Based on the data shown, select whether the value of each statistic listed below is greater for
Tree Type A, equal for both Tree Types, or greater for Tree Type 2.
Greater for Tree
Type A
Equal for both
Tree Types
Greater for Tree
Type B
Median
Interquartile Range (IQR)
Standard Deviation
Part B) Which would be the best measures of center and spread to use when comparing the heights of
these tree types? Justify your reasoning and compare the heights of the two tree types