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A boxplot is a graphical representation of numerical data based on quartiles. It displays the median, interquartile range (IQR), and outliers. The box represents the IQR, with a line inside for the median. Whiskers extend from the box to the highest and lowest non-outlier values. Outliers are plotted individually. Boxplots allow visual comparison of distributions across multiple data sets and take up less space than histograms.

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A boxplot is a graphical representation of numerical data based on quartiles. It displays the median, interquartile range (IQR), and outliers. The box represents the IQR, with a line inside for the median. Whiskers extend from the box to the highest and lowest non-outlier values. Outliers are plotted individually. Boxplots allow visual comparison of distributions across multiple data sets and take up less space than histograms.

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In descriptive statistics, a box plot or boxplot is a convenient way of graphically depicting groups of

numerical data through their quartiles. Box plots may also have lines extending vertically from the boxes
(whiskers) indicating variability outside the upper and lower quartiles, hence the terms box-and-whisker
plot and box-and-whisker diagram. Outliers may be plotted as individual points. Box plots are non-
parametric: they display variation in samples of a statistical population without making any assumptions
of the underlying statistical distribution. The spacings between the different parts of the box indicate
the degree of dispersion (spread) and skewness in the data, and show outliers. In addition to the points
themselves, they allow one to visually estimate various L-estimators, notably the interquartile range,
midhinge, range, mid-range, and trimean. Boxplots can be drawn either horizontally or vertically.
The box plot is a quick way of examining one or more sets of data graphically. Box plots may seem more
primitive than a histogram or kernel density estimate but they do have some advantages. They take up
less space and are therefore particularly useful for comparing distributions between several groups or
sets of data (see Figure 1 for an example). Choice of number and width of bins techniques can heavily
influence the appearance of a histogram, and choice of bandwidth can heavily influence the appearance
of a kernel density estimate.

As looking at a statistical distribution is more commonplace than looking at a box plot, comparing the
box plot against the probability density function (theoretical histogram) for a normal N(0,1σ2)
distribution may be a useful tool for understanding the box plot (Figure 5).

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Boxplot

A boxplot, sometimes called a box and whisker plot, is a type of graph used to display patterns
ofquantitative data.

A boxplot splits the data set into quartiles. The body of the boxplot consists of a "box" (hence, the name),
which goes from the first quartile (Q1) to the third quartile (Q3).

Within the box, a vertical line is drawn at the Q2, the median of the data set. Two horizontal lines,
called whiskers, extend from the front and back of the box. The front whisker goes from Q1 to the
smallest non-outlier in the data set, and the back whisker goes from Q3 to the largest non-outlier.

Smallest non-outlier Q1 Q2 Q3 Largest non-outlier

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-600 -400 -200 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

If the data set includes one or more outliers, they are plotted separately as points on the chart. In the
boxplot above, two outliers precede the first whisker; and three outliers follow the second whisker.

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A box plot is a graphical rendition of statistical data based on the minimum, first quartile, median, third
quartile, and maximum. The term "box plot" comes from the fact that the graph looks like a rectangle
with lines extending from the top and bottom. Because of the extending lines, this type of graph is
sometimes called a box-and-whisker plot.

In a typical box plot, the top of the rectangle indicates the third quartile, a horizontal line near the
middle of the rectangle indicates the median, and the bottom of the rectangle indicates the first
quartile. A vertical line extends from the top of the rectangle to indicate the maximum value, and
another vertical line extends from the bottom of the rectangle to indicate the minimum value. The
illustration shows a generic example of a box plot with the maximum, third quartile, median, first
quartile, and minimum values labeled. The relative vertical spacing between the labels reflects the
values of the variable in proportion.

A box plot can be placed on a coordinate plane resembling the Cartesian system, so that the five values,
arranged vertically one above the other, run parallel to the dependent-variable or y axis. In some
situations, two or more box plots can be placed side-by-side on a Cartesian coordinate plane to show
how a phenomenon or scenario evolves with time, which is plotted along the independent-variable or x
axis. Once in a while, a single box plot is tilted on its side, so the values run from left-to-right (minimum
to maximum) instead of bottom-to-top.

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