Using R code to draw box plots

This lesson starts with an example showing how to use R code to draw a box plot and calculate the 5 number summary followed by an activity where the student produces their own.

The second example demonstrates how to use R code to draw two box plots side-by-side to compare data, followed by an activity where the student plots their own.

Questions are set to interpret the comparisons.

It is suggested that ‘My First Introductory R Lesson using R Markdown’ and ‘My Second Introductory R Lesson using R Markdown’ both available on TES has been completed previously to gain experience of working in an R Markdown file.

The contents of the word file needs to be copied into an R Markdown file before use.

This lesson assumes that you have installed RStudio or have access to RStudioCloud.

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