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3) Notes Box Plot

Box plots are graphical tools that use boxes and whiskers to visualize key statistical measures like the median, mean, and quartiles of a variable. They display the minimum and maximum values using a vertical scale, with additional optional elements like reference lines, fitted curves, or comparison circles to show differences between means. An example box plot shows sales data for various fruits and vegetables.

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3) Notes Box Plot

Box plots are graphical tools that use boxes and whiskers to visualize key statistical measures like the median, mean, and quartiles of a variable. They display the minimum and maximum values using a vertical scale, with additional optional elements like reference lines, fitted curves, or comparison circles to show differences between means. An example box plot shows sales data for various fruits and vegetables.

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What is a Box Plot?

Box plots are graphical tools to visualize key statistical measures, such as median,
mean and quartiles.

The individual box plot is a visual aid to examining key statistical properties of a
variable. The diagram below shows how the shape of a box plot encodes these
properties. The range of the vertical scale is from the minimum to the maximum value of
the selected column, or, to the highest or lowest of the displayed reference points.

If applied when the analysis was created, the box plot can display additional information
in reference lines or several different types of curves. These lines or curves could, for
example, show how well your data points adapt to a certain polynomial curve fit, or to
summarize a collection of sample data points by fitting them to a model that will
describe the data and display a curve or a straight line on top of the visualization. The
curve usually changes appearance depending on which values you have filtered out in
the analysis. On mouseover, a tooltip shows how the curve is calculated.

The drawing of comparison circles is a way to display whether the mean values for
various categories (boxes in the box plot) are significantly different from each other or
not. The circles are drawn with their centers at the mean value for the box to which it
corresponds.

If the circles for different groups do not overlap, the means of the two groups are
generally significantly different. If the circles have a large overlap, the means are not
significantly different.

Example:

In the example below, the sum of sales is shown for a number of different fruits and
vegetables. The box for Pears has been marked, which is also indicated in the
corresponding comparison circle. The marked comparison circle is shown with a darker
border and a transparent fill. The square in the relation indicator under the boxes
indicates the marked box and the lines of the relation indicator go to any boxes that are
not significantly different from the marked one.
Box and whisker plots

A box and whisker plot is used to display information about the range, the median and
the quartiles. It is usually drawn alongside a number line, as shown -

Example
The oldest person in Mathsminster is 90. The youngest person is 15.

The median age of the residents is 44, the lower quartile is 25, and the upper quartile is
67.

Represent this information with a box-and-whisker plot.

Solution

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