A box and whisker plot is developed from five statistics. 1  Minimum value â the smallest value in the data set. 2  Second quartile â the value below which the lower 25% of the data are contained. 3  Median value â the middle number in a range of numbers. 4  Third quartile â the value above which the upper 25% of the data are contained.
An obvious possible reason for the Titanic sinking is the weather on the Atlantic during the time of the tragedy. The ocean was unusual because of the calm sea without wind or swell. Under normal conditions the waves would have broken over the base of the iceberg giving lookouts sooner warning.
By Greg Daugherty. The sinking of the Titanic claimed some 1,500 lives, among them a gallery of early 20th-century A-list celebrities. Captains of industry John Jacob Astor IV and Benjamin Guggenheim both went down with the ship, as did Macyâs co-owner Isidor Straus and his wife, Ida, who refused to leave his side.