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Reading A Box Plot. They provide a graphical rendition of statistical data based on the minimum first quartile median third quartile and maximum also Outliers can be plotted as individual points. The box part of the diagram is based on the middle the second and third quartiles of the data set. Create the box plot. The main part of the chart the box shows where the middle portion of the data is.
One wicked awesome thing about box plots is that they contain every measure of central tendency in a neat little package. Click Box and Whisker. We use the following process to draw a box plot. The box plot shows the median second quartile first and third quartile minimum and maximum. 25 is before the box and 25 is after the box. Constructing a box plot.
Thats why it is also sometimes called the box and whiskers plot.
So by looking at the diagram we can instantly. The main components of the box plot are the interquartile range IRQ and whiskers. It is a very convenient way to visualize the spread and skew of the data. Comic by Randall Munroe. Creating a box plot odd number of data points Worked example. The box part of the diagram is based on the middle the second and third quartiles of the data set.