box and whisker plot

A form of box and whiskers plot — A graphical summary of a numerical data sample through five statistics — median, upper quartile, lower quartile, and upper extreme and lower extreme values — by depiction as a box with its edges at the quartile marks and an internal line at the median and with lines protruding from the box as far as the extremal values.

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nounbox and whisker plot (plural box and whisker plots)

plural box and whisker plots

  1. alternativeAlternative form of box and whiskers plot.
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